Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3

Core i7-5960X vs Xeon E5-2630 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Xeon E5-2630 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2630 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2630 v3. Also, the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2630 v3 outputs less heat than Core i7-5960X thanks to a 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 i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.