Intel Core i7-8086K vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

Core i7-8086K vs Xeon E5-2680 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8086K performs better than the Xeon E5-2680 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2680 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2680 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-8086K that 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 E5-2680 v3. Also, the Core i7-8086K has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8086K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v3 CPU because of its 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 i7-8086K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.