Intel Core i5-9500 vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 8 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

3888 points

4751 points

22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6403 points

10% slightly better gaming score

5819 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3118 points

4397 points

41% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2991 points

4304 points

43% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

95.73 points

132.21 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4834 points

6895 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

900 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4973 points

6435 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1468 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1161 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

140 W

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

466th of 1,124

389th of 1,124

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2016 May

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 i5-9500 vs Xeon E5-1660 v4 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-1660 v4 is faster than the Core i5-9500. Despite this, the Core i5-9500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-1660 v4 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-9500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9500. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1660 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500. Despite this, the Core i5-9500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1660 v4 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 i5-9500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.