Intel Core i7-5820K vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4081 points
4970 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5494 points
13% slightly better gaming score
4831 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3634 points
5013 points
37% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3527 points
5022 points
42% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

95.66 points
147.11 points
53% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5383 points
100% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2679 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1134 points
104% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
554 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5467 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3070 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
24% slightly higher turbo speed
2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
105 W
33% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40
42% many more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

428th of 1,089
353rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-5820K vs Xeon E5-2650 v4 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 is faster than the Core i7-5820K. Despite this, the Core i7-5820K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-5820K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5820K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5820K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Core i7-5820K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2650 v4 outputs less heat than Core i7-5820K thanks to a 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 i7-5820K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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