Intel Core i7-11850H vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

Core i7-11850H vs Xeon E5-2680 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11850H performs better than the Xeon E5-2680 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2680 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2680 v3 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-11850H. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2680 v3 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-11850H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11850H. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-11850H and Xeon E5-2680 v3 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-11850H has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11850H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-11850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.