Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Xeon W-2125

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-2125

Price

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$ 98.99

$ 330.96 significantly less expensive

$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2507 points

3067 points

22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4645 points

5663 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1909 points

2337 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1831 points

2241 points

22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.76 points

72.99 points

52% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3416 points

4853 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1249 points

1323 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3562 points

4933 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points

1360 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

4 GHz

21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.5 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

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

626th of 1,089

532nd of 1,089

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-2125 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon W-2125 performs better than the Core i5-6600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon W-2125 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6600. Also, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6600 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2125 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.