Intel Core i7-9700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5190 points
5409 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7573 points
42% slightly better gaming score
5325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4403 points
5414 points
22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4217 points
5392 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5171 points
7650 points
47% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.42 points
164.10 points
54% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6174 points
6377 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1526 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
967 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6222 points
6701 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1571 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1012 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
24
200% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
84% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

326th of 1,089
303rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-9700 vs Xeon E5-2678 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2678 v3 performs better than the Core i7-9700. Despite this, the Core i7-9700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-9700. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-9700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9700. A Core i7-9700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2678 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 more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i7-9700 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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