Intel Core i9-10900KF vs Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Core i9-10900KF vs Xeon E5-2697A v4 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900KF performs better than the Xeon E5-2697A v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2697A v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2697A v4 has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i9-10900KF that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2697A v4. Also, the Core i9-10900KF has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10900KF CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2697A v4 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Xeon E5-2697A v4 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900KF. The Xeon E5-2697A v4 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 i9-10900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.