Intel Core i7-9850HL vs Intel Xeon E5-620

Core i7-9850HL vs Xeon E5-620 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-9850HL performs better than the Xeon E5-620. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-620 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9850HL has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Xeon E5-620 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-620. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-620 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9850HL. Despite this, the Core i7-9850HL has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9850HL CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-620 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-9850HL has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-620. The Core i7-9850HL also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-9850HL has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.