Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Core i9-7940X vs Xeon E5-2690 v2 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7940X performs better than the Xeon E5-2690 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7940X has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2690 v2. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Xeon E5-2690 v2. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2690 v2. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7940X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2690 v2. Also, the Core i9-7940X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2690 v2 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.

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.