Intel Core i5-6500T vs Intel Xeon E5-2670

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1700 points

2679 points

57% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points

3763 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points

2311 points

79% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points

2218 points

79% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points

69.61 points

52% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2781 points

3089 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points

104% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

491 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2827 points

3052 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points

106% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

505 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

2.6 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

3.3 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

228% significantly lower TDP

115 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

384 GiB

499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

775th of 1,089

596th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-6500T vs Xeon E5-2670 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2670 beats the Core i5-6500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2670 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-6500T that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6500T. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2670 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500T. Also, the Xeon E5-2670 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6500T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2670 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-6500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.