Intel Core i7-3930K vs Intel Xeon W-2223

Core i7-3930K vs Xeon W-2223 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3930K performs better than the Xeon W-2223. Despite this, the Xeon W-2223 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3930K has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Xeon W-2223 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2223. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W-2223 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3930K. Also, the Xeon W-2223 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon W-2223 outputs less heat than Core i7-3930K thanks to a 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 i7-3930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.