Intel Core i7-4790K vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Core i7-4790K vs Xeon E5-2678 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2678 v3 performs better than the Core i7-4790K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-4790K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790K. A Core i7-4790K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2678 v3 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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 i7-4790K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.