Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3

Core i7-10700 vs Xeon E5-2673 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700 performs better than the Xeon E5-2673 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2673 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2673 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-10700 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700. A Core i7-10700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2673 v3 CPU because of its significantly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.