Intel Core i5-8300H vs Intel Xeon E5-1620

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 4 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

2837 points
3% slightly better overall score
2735 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4554 points
6% slightly better gaming score
4274 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2331 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
2280 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2236 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
2192 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.07 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
40.70 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3631 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2284 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1233 points
108% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
592 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3732 points
66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2244 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points
107% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
611 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
188% significantly lower TDP
130 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

64 GiB
375 GiB
485% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

564th of 1,089
582nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-8300H vs Xeon E5-1620 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8300H is faster than the Xeon E5-1620. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1620 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-1620 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8300H. Despite this, the Core i5-8300H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8300H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 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 i5-8300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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