Intel Core i7-9700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 18 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

5644 points

6495 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8019 points

40% slightly better gaming score

5724 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4848 points

6803 points

40% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4655 points

6991 points

50% significantly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5869 points

6829 points

16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.80 points

231.70 points

73% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points

7392 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1627 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1060 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7273 points

8186 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1702 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1134 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

125% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

350% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

52% significantly lower TDP

145 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

282nd of 1,089

221st of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-9700K vs Xeon E5-2696 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2696 v3 beats the Core i7-9700K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-9700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has significantly more cores with 18 cores whereas the Core i7-9700K has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9700K. A Core i7-9700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2696 v3 CPU because of its significantly 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. For instance, the Core i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.