Intel Core i7-7700T vs Intel Xeon E5-2640

Core i7-7700T vs Xeon E5-2640 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2640 performs better than the Core i7-7700T. Despite this, the Core i7-7700T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2640 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-7700T that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700T. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640. Also, the Core i7-7700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2640 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 E5-2640 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700T. The Xeon E5-2640 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 i7-7700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.