Intel Core i5-8600K vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Price

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$ 120.99

$ 39.90

$ 81.09 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points

4409 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6905 points

32% slightly better gaming score

5193 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3493 points

4156 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3351 points

4086 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

89.16 points

127.64 points

43% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5426 points

5966 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1483 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1033 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5747 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5632 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1581 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1047 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

233% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

26% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

90 W

5% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

408th of 1,089

399th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-8600K vs Xeon E5-2640 v4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2640 v4 beats the Core i5-8600K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-8600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-8600K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Also, the Core i5-8600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2640 v4 outputs less heat than Core i5-8600K thanks to a 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 i5-8600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.