Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3

Price

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$ 300.00

$ 249.95 significantly less expensive

$ 549.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5222 points

4% slightly better overall score

4981 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points

11% slightly better gaming score

5531 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

4782 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

4706 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points

72% significantly higher Blender score

151.35 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9233 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6836 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1299 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

987 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10511 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6616 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1070 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

3.1 GHz

3.10 GHz

0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

160 W

3% 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

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

768 GiB

499% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

Identical

25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

323rd of 1,089

351st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2014 August

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 E5-2687W v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7940X performs better than the Xeon E5-2687W v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2687W 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 E5-2687W v3 has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2687W v3. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2687W v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7940X. Despite this, the Core i9-7940X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2687W v3 outputs less heat than Core i9-7940X thanks to a slightly 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.