Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Xeon E5-2630

Core i7-2600 vs Xeon E5-2630 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2630 performs better than the Core i7-2600. Despite this, the Core i7-2600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2630 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-2600 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-2600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2630. Also, the Core i7-2600 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.

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 i7-2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.