Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2436 points
4633 points
90% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3645 points
4548 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points
4652 points
124% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2006 points
4653 points
131% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.56 points
108.71 points
85% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3618 points
6355 points
75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
95% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
596 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3733 points
3922 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1205 points
158% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
467 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
24
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
Identical
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
310% significantly lower TDP
115 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
768 GiB
2299% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

640th of 1,089
377th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-8279U vs Xeon E5-2695 v2 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2695 v2 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2695 v2 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-8279U. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2695 v2 has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-8279U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8279U. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-8279U and Xeon E5-2695 v2 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8279U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2695 v2 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 i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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