Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Core i7-8700K vs Xeon E5-2687W benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8700K performs better than the Xeon E5-2687W. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2687W in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2687W has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-8700K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2687W. Also, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2687W has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. The Xeon E5-2687W 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 i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.