Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Xeon E5-2620

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i9 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 6 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

2143 points

2694 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3261 points

1% slightly better gaming score

3212 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1816 points

2534 points

39% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1755 points

2503 points

42% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.61 points

119% significantly higher Blender score

38.93 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4580 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2793 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1270 points

176% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

459 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5219 points

174% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1902 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1422 points

264% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

390 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

92% significantly higher turbo speed

2.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

111% significantly lower TDP

95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

384 GiB

499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

715th of 1,118

611th of 1,118

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i9

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-8950HK vs Xeon E5-2620 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2620 is faster than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-8950HK has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2620. Also, the Core i9-8950HK has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-8950HK CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2620 CPU because of its significantly 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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.