Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 12 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

5222 points

5% slightly better overall score

4970 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points

27% slightly better gaming score

4831 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points

5013 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points

5022 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points

77% significantly higher Blender score

147.11 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9233 points

244% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2679 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1299 points

134% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

554 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10511 points

242% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3070 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points

118% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

48% significantly higher turbo speed

2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

105 W

57% significantly 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

324th of 1,089

353rd 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 August

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 i9-7940X vs Xeon E5-2650 v4 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 performs better than the Core i9-7940X. Despite this, the Core i9-7940X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7940X has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7940X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Core i9-7940X has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2650 v4 outputs less heat than Core i9-7940X thanks to a 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 i9-7940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.