Intel Core i9-9880H vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 8 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

4654 points
4751 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6160 points
5% slightly better gaming score
5819 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4177 points
4397 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4061 points
4304 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.53 points
132.21 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6191 points
6895 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1327 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
900 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6125 points
6435 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1369 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1161 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.30 GHz
3.2 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
211% significantly lower TDP
140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

374th of 1,089
369th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2016 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i9-9880H vs Xeon E5-1660 v4 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9880H is faster than the Xeon E5-1660 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1660 v4 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 Xeon E5-1660 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9880H. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-9880H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1660 v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-9880H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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