Intel Core i5-9600KF vs Intel Xeon E-2186M

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

4518 points

6% slightly better overall score

4251 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7209 points

27% slightly better gaming score

5667 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3673 points

3818 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3525 points

3707 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

88.50 points

90.89 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5909 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5235 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1634 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1426 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

27% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4.8 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

45 W

111% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

388th of 1,089

416th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5

Xeon E

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-9600KF vs Xeon E-2186M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9600KF beats the Xeon E-2186M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E-2186M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E-2186M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E-2186M. Despite this, the Xeon E-2186M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E-2186M outputs less heat than Core i5-9600KF thanks to a 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 i5-9600KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.