Intel Core i7-8650U vs Intel Xeon E5-620

Core i7-8650U vs Xeon E5-620 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8650U performs better than the Xeon E5-620. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-620 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-620 has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 E5-620 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-8650U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E5-620. The Core i7-8650U 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 i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.