Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3

Core i7-5960X vs Xeon E5-2683 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Xeon E5-2683 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2683 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2683 v3 has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-5960X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5960X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2683 v3. Also, the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2683 v3 outputs less heat than Core i7-5960X 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 i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.