Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Xeon W-2125

Compare Intel 7th 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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$ 304.35

$ 125.60 significantly less expensive

$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2899 points

3067 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5366 points

5663 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2207 points

2337 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2115 points

2241 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

61.33 points

72.99 points

18% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4236 points

4853 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1491 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1323 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4238 points

4933 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1522 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1360 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

3.8 GHz

4 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.5 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

91 W

31% slightly 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

553rd of 1,089

532nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2017 August

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

Yes

Core i5-7600K vs Xeon W-2125 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon W-2125 beats the Core i5-7600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7600K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon W-2125 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7600K. Also, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7600K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2125 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-7600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.