Intel Core i7-11700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3

Core i7-11700K vs Xeon E5-2637 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700K beats the Xeon E5-2637 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2637 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700K has significantly more cores than the Xeon E5-2637 v3. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E5-2637 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2637 v3. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2637 v3. Also, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2637 v3 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 i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.