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

Core i7-4790K vs Xeon E5-2687W benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2687W performs better than the Core i7-4790K. Despite this, the Core i7-4790K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2687W has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-4790K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2687W. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4790K 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.

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.