Intel Core i9-9880H vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W 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
4981 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6160 points
11% slightly better gaming score
5531 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4177 points
4782 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4061 points
4706 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.53 points
151.35 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6191 points
6836 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1327 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
987 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6125 points
6616 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1369 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1070 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.30 GHz
3.10 GHz
34% 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
255% significantly lower TDP
160 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

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
768 GiB
499% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
2.5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
25 MiB
56% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

374th of 1,089
351st 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

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i9-9880H vs Xeon E5-2687W v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2687W v3 is faster than the Core i9-9880H. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2687W v3 has slightly more cores than the Core i9-9880H. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2687W v3 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9880H. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9880H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2687W v3 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 E5-2687W v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2687W v3 has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9880H. The Xeon E5-2687W v3 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-9880H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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