Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Xeon E5-2690

Core i5-8259U vs Xeon E5-2690 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2690 is faster than the Core i5-8259U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8259U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-8259U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8259U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8259U. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.