Intel Core i7-8086K vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Core i7-8086K vs Xeon E5-2660 v4 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 beats the Core i7-8086K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-8086K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8086K. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8086K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8086K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8086K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v4. Also, the Core i7-8086K has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8086K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2660 v4 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8086K. The Xeon E5-2660 v4 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.