Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel Xeon E5-520

Core i7-8550U vs Xeon E5-520 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8550U performs better than the Xeon E5-520. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-520 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-8550U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-520 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. Despite this, the Core i7-8550U has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8550U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-520 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

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 i7-8550U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.