Intel Core i9-10980HK vs Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5234 points
1% slightly better overall score
5169 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6654 points
45% significantly better gaming score
4558 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4782 points
5431 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4670 points
5595 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
106.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
Identical
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
65% significantly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
88% significantly lower TDP
85 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

321st of 1,089
330th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i9-10980HK vs Xeon E5-2630 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10980HK is faster than the Xeon E5-2630 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2630 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i9-10980HK and Xeon E5-2630 v3 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10980HK CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2630 v3 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 i9-10980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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