Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6

Core i5-8500 vs Xeon E3-1270 v6 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8500 beats the Xeon E3-1270 v6 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1270 v6 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8500 has significantly more cores than the Xeon E3-1270 v6. Indeed, the Core i5-8500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1270 v6. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has more threads than the Core i5-8500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500. Also, the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1270 v6 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-8500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon E3-1270 v6. The Core i5-8500 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i5-8500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.