Intel Core i7-2700K vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

Core i7-2700K vs Xeon E5-1620 v2 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2700K performs better than the Xeon E5-1620 v2. Despite this, the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2700K. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i7-2700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 v2 CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-2700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.