Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2470 v2

Core i7-7700K vs Xeon E5-2470 v2 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2470 v2 performs better than the Core i7-7700K. Despite this, the Core i7-7700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2470 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-7700K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2470 v2. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.