Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Xeon E5-430

Core i5-8259U vs Xeon E5-430 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8259U is faster than the Xeon E5-430. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-430 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-8259U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-430 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8259U. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-430 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Xeon E5-430 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8259U

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.