Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Core i7-6950X vs Xeon E5-2640 v4 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6950X performs better than the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2640 v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Also, the Core i7-6950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2640 v4 outputs less heat than Core i7-6950X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-6950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.