Intel Core i7-870 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420

Core i7-870 vs Xeon E5-2420 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2420 is faster than the Core i7-870. Despite this, the Core i7-870 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2420 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-870. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2420 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-870. It also has more threads than the Core i7-870. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-870 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420. Also, the Core i7-870 has a significantly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-870 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.