Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3620 points
4970 points
37% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5762 points
19% slightly better gaming score
4831 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2983 points
5013 points
68% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2864 points
5022 points
75% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.21 points
147.11 points
72% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5070 points
89% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2679 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1524 points
175% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
554 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5174 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3070 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1596 points
141% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
24
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
90% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
55% significantly higher turbo speed
2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
10% slightly lower TDP
105 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

471st of 1,089
353rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-7700K vs Xeon E5-2650 v4 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 beats the Core i7-7700K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-7700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700K. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 v4 CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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