Intel Core i5-8365U vs Intel Xeon E5-520

Core i5-8365U vs Xeon E5-520 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8365U beats the Xeon E5-520 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-520 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-8365U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-520 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8365U. Despite this, the Core i5-8365U has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8365U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-520 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 i5-8365U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.