Intel Core i7-9800X vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 768.88
$ 247.20 significantly less expensive
$ 1016.08

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6761 points
1% slightly better overall score
6682 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8246 points
32% slightly better gaming score
6240 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6264 points
6819 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6133 points
6860 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.68 points
200.70 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7128 points
7768 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1345 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1069 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7552 points
8934 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1400 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1072 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
28
75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
46% significantly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W
135 W
22% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

44
10% slightly more pcie lanes
40

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

206th of 1,089
211th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-9800X vs Xeon E5-2690 v4 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9800X is faster than the Xeon E5-2690 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 v4 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-9800X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v4. Also, the Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2690 v4 outputs less heat than Core i7-9800X thanks to a slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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