Intel Core i7-11850H vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Core i7-11850H vs Xeon E5-2420 v2 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11850H beats the Xeon E5-2420 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2420 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11850H has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Indeed, the Core i7-11850H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon E5-2420 v2. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2420 v2. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11850H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Also, the Core i7-11850H has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11850H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 v2 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 i7-11850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.