Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Xeon E-2146G

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E-2146G

Price

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$ 150.25

$ 849.75 significantly less expensive

$ 1000.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4771 points

2% slightly better overall score

4649 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6744 points

8% slightly better gaming score

6235 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4149 points

4175 points

0.63% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4005 points

4056 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5865 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5300 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1478 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1008 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5964 points

6385 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

1557 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

23% slightly lower TDP

80 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

368th of 1,089

375th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7

Xeon E

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2018 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-8700 vs Xeon E-2146G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E-2146G is faster than the Core i7-8700. Despite this, the Core i7-8700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 E-2146G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8700. Despite this, the Core i7-8700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E-2146G 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 i7-8700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.