Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

Core i7-6700K vs Xeon E5-2670 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2670 v3 beats the Core i7-6700K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-6700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2670 v3 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700K. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2670 v3 has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2670 v3. Also, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2670 v3 CPU because of its 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 i7-6700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.