Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3

Core i7-8700K vs Xeon E5-2673 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8700K is faster than the Xeon E5-2673 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2673 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2673 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-8700K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. A Core i7-8700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2673 v3 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 i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.