Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs Intel 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

10% slightly better overall score

4747 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points

29% slightly better gaming score

4747 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

4738 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

4727 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points

73% significantly higher Blender score

150.60 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9233 points

504% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1528 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1299 points

176% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

470 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10511 points

588% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1527 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points

102% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

712 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16% slightly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

110 W

49% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

324th of 1,089

370th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7940X vs Xeon E5-2673 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7940X beats the Xeon E5-2673 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2673 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7940X has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2673 v3 has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2673 v3. The Xeon E5-2673 v3 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.