Intel Core i7-4790S vs Intel Xeon E5-2650

Core i7-4790S vs Xeon E5-2650 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2650 is faster than the Core i7-4790S. Despite this, the Core i7-4790S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2650 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-4790S that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790S. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790S has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650. Also, the Core i7-4790S has a much higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4790S CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-4790S has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.