Intel Core i7-11700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2

Core i7-11700K vs Xeon E5-2643 v2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700K performs better than the Xeon E5-2643 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2643 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700K has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2643 v2. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon E5-2643 v2. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2643 v2. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2643 v2. Also, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2643 v2 CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.