Intel Core i7-9700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Core i7-9700K vs Xeon E5-2698 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2698 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 E5-2698 v3 has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-9700K has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2698 v3. Also, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2698 v3 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. For instance, the Core i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.