Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Xeon W-2125

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon W-2125

Price

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$ 274.86

$ 155.09 significantly less expensive

$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3497 points

14% slightly better overall score

3067 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5633 points

5663 points

0.53% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2866 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

2337 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2751 points

22% slightly better heavy workload score

2241 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

81.27 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

72.99 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4822 points

4853 points

0.64% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1442 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1323 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4936 points

0.06% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4933 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1506 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1360 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz

Identical

4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.5 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

26% slightly lower TDP

120 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

200% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

512 GiB

700% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

482nd of 1,089

532nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-6700K vs Xeon W-2125 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6700K performs better than the Xeon W-2125. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W-2125 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i7-6700K and Xeon W-2125 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2125 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.