Intel Core i7-870 vs Intel Xeon E5-1603

Core i7-870 vs Xeon E5-1603 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-870 beats the Xeon E5-1603 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1603 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-870 has more threads. A Core i7-870 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1603 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 i7-870 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.