Intel Core i5-9600K vs Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2

Price

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$ 159.00

$ 239.95 significantly less expensive

$ 398.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4450 points

4657 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7080 points

40% slightly better gaming score

5043 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3627 points

4542 points

25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3488 points

4510 points

29% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5629 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4201 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1529 points

117% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

702 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6212 points

93% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3212 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points

161% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

642 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

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

36% slightly lower TDP

130 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

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

768 GiB

499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

394th of 1,089

373rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3-1066

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 E5-2643 v2 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2643 v2 is faster than the Core i5-9600K. Despite this, the Core i5-9600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E5-2643 v2 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2643 v2. Also, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9600K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2643 v2 CPU because of its slightly 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 i5-9600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.