Intel Core i5-7400 vs Intel Xeon E5-620

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 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

2237 points

2291 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4164 points

42% slightly better gaming score

2929 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1701 points

2085 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1632 points

2031 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

43.28 points

68% significantly higher Blender score

25.76 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3282 points

121% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1482 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1193 points

225% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

366 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 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

2.53 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

31% slightly higher turbo speed

2.66 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

23% slightly lower TDP

80 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

288 GiB

350% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

0.25 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

51100% significantly more L3 cache

0.01 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

675th of 1,089

662nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-7400 vs Xeon E5-620 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-620 performs better than the Core i5-7400. Despite this, the Core i5-7400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E5-620 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-620. Also, the Core i5-7400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7400 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-620 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-7400 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E5-620. The Core i5-7400 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-7400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.