Intel Core i7-4770K vs Intel Xeon E5-2640

Core i7-4770K vs Xeon E5-2640 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4770K is faster than the Xeon E5-2640. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2640 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2640 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4770K. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2640 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4770K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4770K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4770K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640. Also, the Core i7-4770K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4770K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2640 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2640 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4770K. The Xeon E5-2640 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-4770K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.