Intel Core i7-10870H vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 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

5173 points
5502 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6493 points
23% slightly better gaming score
5267 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4746 points
5565 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4636 points
5563 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5545 points
5872 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

118.88 points
165.47 points
39% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6380 points
6942 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1445 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1009 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6166 points
7090 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1458 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1072 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.21 GHz
2.6 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
42% much higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
200% significantly lower TDP
135 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
768 GiB
499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

328th of 1,089
294th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-10870H vs Xeon E5-2690 v3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2690 v3 is faster than the Core i7-10870H. Despite this, the Core i7-10870H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-10870H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10870H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10870H. Despite this, the Core i7-10870H has a much higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10870H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v3 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 i7-10870H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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