Intel Core i5-9600K vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4

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

4450 points

3% slightly better overall score

4288 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7080 points

16% slightly better gaming score

6056 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3627 points

3725 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3488 points

3606 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.07 points

94.25 points

0.18% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5629 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5425 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1529 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1136 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6212 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5449 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1187 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

47% 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

394th of 1,089

410th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

2016 May

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 i5-9600K vs Xeon E5-1650 v4 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9600K is faster than the Xeon E5-1650 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1650 v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-1650 v4. Also, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9600K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1650 v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-9600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.