Intel Core i5-8400H vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6

Core i5-8400H vs Xeon E3-1270 v6 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1270 v6 performs better than the Core i5-8400H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8400H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8400H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-8400H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1270 v6 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i5-8400H 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8400H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.