Intel Core i9-9880H vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 10 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

16% slightly better overall score

3996 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6160 points

46% significantly better gaming score

4213 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4177 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

3900 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4061 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

3849 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.53 points

129.03 points

0.39% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6191 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5920 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1327 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

975 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6125 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5959 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1369 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

985 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.30 GHz

2.6 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

45% significantly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

133% significantly lower TDP

105 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

128 GiB

768 GiB

499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

374th of 1,089

436th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-9880H vs Xeon E5-2660 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9880H is faster than the Xeon E5-2660 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2660 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2660 v3 has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i9-9880H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9880H. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2660 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9880H. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-9880H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2660 v3 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 i9-9880H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.