Intel Core i5-9500T vs Intel Xeon E5-2650

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

3104 points
5% slightly better overall score
2944 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5158 points
47% significantly better gaming score
3493 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2485 points
2761 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2385 points
2710 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

53.77 points
58.36 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4181 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4002 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1210 points
134% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
515 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4238 points
65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2564 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1248 points
209% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
403 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
32% slightly higher turbo speed
2.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
171% significantly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
384 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

524th of 1,089
547th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5
Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-9500T vs Xeon E5-2650 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9500T is faster than the Xeon E5-2650. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2650 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2650 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-9500T. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2650 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9500T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9500T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650. Also, the Core i5-9500T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9500T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-9500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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