Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Xeon E5-2689

Core i7-4790 vs Xeon E5-2689 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2689 is faster 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 E5-2689 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4790. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2689 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4790. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790. A Core i7-4790 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2689 CPU because of its 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 i7-4790 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.