Intel Core i7-11850H vs Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 10 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

5771 points
19% slightly better overall score
4823 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7728 points
45% significantly better gaming score
5321 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5178 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
4658 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5048 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
4614 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.63 points
152.03 points
2% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
2.90 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
25 MiB
4% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

272nd of 1,089
363rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-11850H vs Xeon E5-2666 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2666 v3 beats the Core i7-11850H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-11850H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2666 v3 has slightly more cores than the Core i7-11850H. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2666 v3 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-11850H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11850H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2666 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11850H.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-11850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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