Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Xeon E-2146G

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

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Intel Xeon E-2146G

Price

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$ 179.99

$ 820.01 significantly less expensive

$ 1000.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3727 points

4649 points

24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6054 points

6235 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3008 points

4175 points

38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2885 points

4056 points

40% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4908 points

5300 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1369 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1008 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4868 points

6385 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1396 points

1557 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3 GHz

3.5 GHz

16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.5 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

23% slightly lower TDP

80 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

474th of 1,111

389th of 1,111

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

Xeon E

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2018 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-8500 vs Xeon E-2146G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E-2146G beats the Core i5-8500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-8500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E-2146G has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E-2146G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500. Also, the Xeon E-2146G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E-2146G CPU because of its slightly 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. For instance, the Core i5-8500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.