Intel Core i9-7900X vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

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$ 689.95

$ 211.95

$ 478.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7006 points

15% slightly better overall score

6066 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

33% slightly better gaming score

5717 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

6174 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

6198 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

195.63 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9102 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6195 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1406 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

988 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8832 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6901 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1432 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1027 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

40% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

40% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

37% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

30% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

120 W

16% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

10% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

193rd of 1,089

247th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-7900X vs Xeon E5-2680 v4 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7900X beats the Xeon E5-2680 v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2680 v4 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i9-7900X has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-7900X. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-7900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v4. Also, the Core i9-7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2680 v4 outputs less heat than Core i9-7900X thanks to a slightly 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 i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.