Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3

Core i7-8700K vs Xeon E5-2687W v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8700K is faster than the Xeon E5-2687W v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2687W v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2687W v3 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-8700K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2687W v3. Also, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W v3 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 E5-2687W v3 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. The Xeon E5-2687W v3 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 i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.