Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Core i9-8950HK vs Xeon E5-2680 v2 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2680 v2 performs better than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has significantly more cores than the Core i9-8950HK. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i9-8950HK. It also has more threads than the Core i9-8950HK. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v2. Also, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-8950HK CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v2 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.