Intel Core i7-8650U vs Intel Xeon E5-2630

Core i7-8650U vs Xeon E5-2630 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2630 beats the Core i7-8650U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8650U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2630 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8650U. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2630 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8650U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8650U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2630 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8650U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2630 CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.