Intel Core i5-9400F vs Intel Xeon E5-2689

Core i5-9400F vs Xeon E5-2689 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2689 is faster than the Core i5-9400F. Despite this, the Core i5-9400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2689 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-9400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. A Core i5-9400F CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2689 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 i5-9400F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.