Intel Core i7-11700KF vs Intel Xeon Gold 6138

Core i7-11700KF vs Xeon Gold 6138 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon Gold 6138 performs better than the Core i7-11700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-11700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Gold 6138 has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i7-11700KF has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6138. Also, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Xeon Gold 6138 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-11700KF. The Xeon Gold 6138 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-11700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.