Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Xeon W-2125

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon W-2125

Price

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$ 179.99

$ 249.96 significantly less expensive

$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3718 points

21% slightly better overall score

3067 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6040 points

6% slightly better gaming score

5663 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3002 points

28% slightly better multitasking score

2337 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2880 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

2241 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

83.18 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

72.99 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4908 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4853 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1369 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1323 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4868 points

4933 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1396 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1360 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

4 GHz

33% 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

84% significantly lower TDP

120 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

200% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

512 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

460th of 1,089

532nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-8500 vs Xeon W-2125 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8500 is faster than the Xeon W-2125. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W-2125 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-8500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Xeon W-2125 that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Xeon W-2125 has more threads than the Core i5-8500. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500. Also, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2125 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-8500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.