Intel Core i5-8400H vs Intel Xeon E5-2689

Core i5-8400H vs Xeon E5-2689 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2689 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2689 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-8400H that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8400H. A Core i5-8400H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2689 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 i5-8400H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.