Intel Core i5-9600KF vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Core i5-9600KF vs Xeon E5-2678 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 is faster than the Core i5-9600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-9600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-9600KF has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9600KF. A Core i5-9600KF CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2678 v3 CPU because of its 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.