Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Core i7-2600 vs Xeon E5-2650 v2 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2650 v2 performs better than the Core i7-2600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2650 v2 has significantly more cores with 8 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650 v2. 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.

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