Intel Core i7-7820X vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Core i7-7820X vs Xeon E5-2680 v4 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2680 v4 performs better than the Core i7-7820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-7820X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7820X. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7820X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2680 v4. Also, the Core i7-7820X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2680 v4 outputs less heat than Core i7-7820X thanks to a 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 i7-7820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.