Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Xeon W-2123

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

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Intel Xeon W-2123

Price

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$ 98.99

$ 293.74 significantly less expensive

$ 392.73

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2508 points

3091 points

23% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4649 points

5120 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1910 points

2483 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1832 points

2382 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.76 points

64.80 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3416 points

4215 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1249 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1172 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3562 points

4345 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1198 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

Identical

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

84% significantly lower TDP

120 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

200% 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

512 GiB

700% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

636th of 1,104

535th of 1,104

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-6600 vs Xeon W-2123 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon W-2123 beats the Core i5-6600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon W-2123 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W-2123 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6600. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-6600 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2123 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 i5-6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.