Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Core i7-5960X vs Xeon E5-2697 v2 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Xeon E5-2697 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2697 v2 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-5960X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5960X. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2697 v2. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Xeon E5-2697 v2 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.