Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3

Core i5-8279U vs Xeon E5-2683 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2683 v3 is faster than the Core i5-8279U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2683 v3 has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i5-8279U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8279U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2683 v3. Also, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8279U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2683 v3 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.