Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Xeon E5-2420

Core i5-8259U vs Xeon E5-2420 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2420 is faster than the Core i5-8259U. Despite this, the Core i5-8259U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2420 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-8259U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8259U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-8259U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420. Also, the Core i5-8259U has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 CPU because of its significantly 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.