Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Xeon X5670

Core i7-6700 vs Xeon X5670 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700 beats the Xeon X5670 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5670 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon X5670 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-6700 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5670. Also, the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5670 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Xeon X5670 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700. The Xeon X5670 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.