Intel Core i5-8500T vs Intel Xeon W-2123

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3124 points

1% slightly better overall score

3091 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5063 points

5120 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2528 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

2483 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2428 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

2382 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.83 points

64.80 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3954 points

4215 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1137 points

1172 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4152 points

4345 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1193 points

1198 points

0.42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2.1 GHz

3.6 GHz

71% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.9 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

242% 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

521st of 1,089

526th 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 i5-8500T vs Xeon W-2123 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8500T is faster than the Xeon W-2123. Despite this, the Xeon W-2123 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-8500T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Xeon W-2123 that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Xeon W-2123 has more threads than the Core i5-8500T. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W-2123 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Xeon W-2123 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2123 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 i5-8500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.