Intel Core i7-3930K vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

Core i7-3930K vs Xeon E5-1650 v2 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3930K performs better than the Xeon E5-1650 v2. Despite this, the Xeon E5-1650 v2 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3930K. Also, the Xeon E5-1650 v2 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 i7-3930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.