Intel Core i5-9500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2643

Core i5-9500 vs Xeon E5-2643 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9500 is faster than the Xeon E5-2643. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2643 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-9500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Xeon E5-2643 that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2643 has more threads than the Core i5-9500. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2643 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 E5-2643 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.