Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Core i7-10700 vs Xeon E5-2680 v4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700 beats the Xeon E5-2680 v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2680 v4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10700. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v4. Also, the Core i7-10700 has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v4 CPU because of its significantly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.