Intel Core i5-8500T vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Core i5-8500T vs Xeon E5-2660 v2 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2660 v2 is faster than the Core i5-8500T. Despite this, the Core i5-8500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-8500T that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8500T. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500T. Despite this, the Core i5-8500T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2660 v2 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. For instance, the Core i5-8500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.