Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Intel Xeon Gold 6140

Core i9-7980XE vs Xeon Gold 6140 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-7980XE is faster than the Xeon Gold 6140. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6140 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6140. Also, the Core i9-7980XE has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon Gold 6140 outputs less heat than Core i9-7980XE 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 i9-7980XE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.