Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Core i7-8700 vs Xeon E5-2660 v4 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2660 v4 performs better than the Core i7-8700. Despite this, the Core i7-8700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-8700 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8700 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2660 v4. Also, the Core i7-8700 has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2660 v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700. The Xeon E5-2660 v4 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 i7-8700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.