Intel Core i5-9600KF vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Core i5-9600KF vs Xeon E5-2640 v4 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-9600KF performs better than the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2640 v4 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-9600KF has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Also, the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2640 v4 outputs less heat than Core i5-9600KF thanks to a slightly 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 i5-9600KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.