Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Core i7-4790 vs Xeon E5-2687W comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2687W performs better than the Core i7-4790. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2687W has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4790. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2687W has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4790. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2687W. Also, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4790 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Xeon E5-2687W has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4790. The Xeon E5-2687W also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-4790 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.