Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Core i9-7940X vs Xeon E5-2697 v2 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7940X beats the Xeon E5-2697 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2697 v2 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7940X has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Xeon E5-2697 v2 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2697 v2. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2697 v2. Also, the Core i9-7940X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2697 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.

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 i9-7940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.