Intel Core i9-10980HK vs Intel Xeon W-2135

Core i9-10980HK vs Xeon W-2135 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10980HK beats the Xeon W-2135 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon W-2135 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10980HK has slightly more cores than the Xeon W-2135. Indeed, the Core i9-10980HK has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon W-2135. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2135. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W-2135 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10980HK CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2135 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-10980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.