Intel Core i7-8705G vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Core i7-8705G vs Xeon E5-2420 v2 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2420 v2 beats the Core i7-8705G in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-8705G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-8705G that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8705G. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Also, the Core i7-8705G has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8705G CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 v2 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-8705G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.