Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 304.35
$ 204.35
$ 100.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2899 points
4% slightly better overall score
2777 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5366 points
24% slightly better gaming score
4309 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2207 points
2303 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2115 points
2209 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

61.33 points
65.44 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4236 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3009 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1491 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
883 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4238 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4033 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1522 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1125 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

91 W
53% significantly lower TDP
140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

553rd of 1,089
576th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2016 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-7600K vs Xeon E5-1620 v4 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-7600K is faster than the Xeon E5-1620 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1620 v4 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Xeon E5-1620 v4 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-1620 v4. Also, the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7600K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 v4 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 i5-7600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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