Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Core i7-8700 vs Xeon E5-2697A v4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2697A v4 beats the Core i7-8700 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-8700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2697A v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8700. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2697A v4 has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2697A v4. Also, the Core i7-8700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2697A 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 E5-2697A v4 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700. The Xeon E5-2697A v4 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.