Intel Core i9-9880H vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 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
5073 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6160 points
13% slightly better gaming score
5423 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4177 points
4932 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4061 points
4878 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.53 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
106.45 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6191 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4204 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1327 points
128% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
582 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6125 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4225 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1369 points
130% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
593 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 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
33% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 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

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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

374th of 1,089
342nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR3-1066

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 E5-2690 v2 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2690 v2 is faster than the Core i9-9880H. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v2 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 E5-2690 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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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