Intel Core i7-930 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Core i7-930 vs Xeon E5-2687W comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2687W performs better than the Core i7-930. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-930 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2687W has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-930 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-930. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2687W has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-930. Also, the Xeon E5-2687W has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-930 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W 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 i7-930 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.