Intel Core i7-5820K vs Intel Xeon W-2125

Core i7-5820K vs Xeon W-2125 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5820K performs better than the Xeon W-2125. Despite this, the Xeon W-2125 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-5820K has significantly more cores than the Xeon W-2125. Indeed, the Core i7-5820K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon W-2125. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2125. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5820K. Also, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon W-2125 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.

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 i7-5820K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.