Intel Core i7-3960X vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

Core i7-3960X vs Xeon E5-1650 v2 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3960X beats the Xeon E5-1650 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1650 v2 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores 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 i7-3960X. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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 i7-3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.