Intel Core i7-10700T vs Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 10 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

5467 points

13% slightly better overall score

4823 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7011 points

31% slightly better gaming score

5321 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4964 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

4658 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4832 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

4614 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.67 points

152.03 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

2.90 GHz

45% significantly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

297th of 1,089

363rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-10700T vs Xeon E5-2666 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700T performs better than the Xeon E5-2666 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2666 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2666 v3 has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-10700T has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700T. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2666 v3 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-10700T.

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 i7-10700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.