Intel Core i7-8086K vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Core i7-8086K vs Xeon E5-2650 v4 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 is faster than the Core i7-8086K. Despite this, the Core i7-8086K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-8086K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8086K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8086K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Core i7-8086K has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8086K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 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 i7-8086K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.