Intel Core i7-870 vs Intel Xeon X5687

Core i7-870 vs Xeon X5687 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-870 beats the Xeon X5687 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon X5687 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-870 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5687 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-870. Also, the Xeon X5687 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-870 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5687 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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.