Intel Core i5-8400 vs Intel Xeon X5680

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon X5680

Price

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$ 169.99

$ 147.98

$ 22.01 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3741 points

4570 points

22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6024 points

33% slightly better gaming score

4503 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3030 points

4578 points

51% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2906 points

4568 points

57% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

77.12 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

56.43 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4729 points

83% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2584 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1312 points

145% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

535 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4858 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2476 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1380 points

159% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

532 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3.33 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

100% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

288 GiB

125% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

7214% significantly more L2 cache

0.02 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB

800% significantly more L3 cache

1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

456th of 1,089

383rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-8400 vs Xeon X5680 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5680 performs better than the Core i5-8400. Despite this, the Core i5-8400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon X5680 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X5680 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8400. Despite this, the Core i5-8400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8400 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5680 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-8400 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5680. The Core i5-8400 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i5-8400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.