Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Xeon E5-2643

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i9 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 4 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

2473 points

2971 points

20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3684 points

4108 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2115 points

2620 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2044 points

2542 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.61 points

109% significantly higher Blender score

40.83 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4580 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2888 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1270 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

646 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5219 points

149% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2094 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1422 points

151% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

566 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

3.3 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

37% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

188% significantly lower TDP

130 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

634th of 1,089

542nd of 1,089

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 E5-2643 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2643 is faster than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2643 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2643. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2643 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-8950HK CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2643 CPU because of its significantly 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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.