Intel Core i7-7660U vs Intel Xeon X5650

Core i7-7660U vs Xeon X5650 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5650 performs better than the Core i7-7660U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7660U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon X5650 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7660U. Indeed, the Xeon X5650 has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-7660U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7660U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5650 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7660U. Despite this, the Core i7-7660U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7660U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5650 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7660U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.