Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Core i5-8279U vs Xeon E5-2650 v4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 beats the Core i5-8279U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-8279U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8279U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8279U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.