Intel Core i7-11800H vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3

Compare Intel 11th 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

6296 points
14% slightly better overall score
5502 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8432 points
60% significantly better gaming score
5267 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5628 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
5565 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5474 points
5563 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6720 points
14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5872 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.35 points
165.47 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8024 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6942 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1892 points
87% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1009 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7795 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7090 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1896 points
76% significantly 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

2.3 GHz
2.6 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
31% slightly 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

20
40
100% 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

236th of 1,089
294th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-11800H vs Xeon E5-2690 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11800H is faster than the Xeon E5-2690 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-11800H. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-11800H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11800H. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11800H. Despite this, the Core i7-11800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11800H 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 i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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