Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Xeon X5670

Core i7-7700K vs Xeon X5670 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon X5670 is faster 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 X5670 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700K. Indeed, the Xeon X5670 has 6 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 X5670. 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 info from our database shows that the Xeon X5670 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700K. The Xeon X5670 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.