Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Core i7-7700K vs Xeon E5-2680 v4 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2680 v4 performs better than the Core i7-7700K. 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 E5-2680 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700K. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has 14 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v4. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v4 CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.