Intel Core i9-10885H vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 4393.00
$ 49.00
$ 4344.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3263 points
1% slightly better overall score
3224 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4554 points
23% slightly better gaming score
3691 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2861 points
3095 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2769 points
3090 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

107.45 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
78.25 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6775 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4896 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1587 points
190% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
547 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6323 points
97% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3197 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1482 points
224% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
457 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
76% significantly higher turbo speed
3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
111% significantly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
768 GiB
499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

502nd of 1,089
508th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i9-10885H vs Xeon E5-2660 v2 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10885H is faster than the Xeon E5-2660 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2660 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has slightly more cores than the Core i9-10885H. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-10885H. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10885H. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10885H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v2. Also, the Core i9-10885H has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10885H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2660 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-10885H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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