Intel Core i7-6850K vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 85.00
$ 126.95 significantly less expensive
$ 211.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4066 points
6018 points
48% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5576 points
5749 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3611 points
6100 points
68% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3510 points
6110 points
74% significantly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i7-6850K and the Xeon E5-2680 v4? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

103.26 points
195.63 points
89% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5539 points
6195 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1210 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
988 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5746 points
6901 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1278 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1027 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
14
133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
28
133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
120 W
16% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
Identical
40

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

443rd of 1,114
263rd of 1,114

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-6850K vs Xeon E5-2680 v4 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 is faster than the Core i7-6850K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6850K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-6850K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6850K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6850K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v4. Also, the Core i7-6850K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2680 v4 outputs less heat than Core i7-6850K 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 i7-6850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons