Intel Core i7-7800X vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Core i7-7800X vs Xeon E5-2690 v2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 performs better than the Core i7-7800X. Despite this, the Core i7-7800X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-7800X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v2. Also, the Core i7-7800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2690 v2 outputs less heat than Core i7-7800X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-7800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.