Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Core i7-11700 vs Xeon E5-2697 v2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700 performs better than the Xeon E5-2697 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2697 v2 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-11700 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11700. Despite this, the Core i7-11700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2697 v2 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. Indeed, the Core i7-11700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.