Intel Core i9-9880H vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 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

5502 points

18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6160 points

16% slightly better gaming score

5267 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4177 points

5565 points

33% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4061 points

5563 points

36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.53 points

165.47 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6191 points

6942 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1327 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1009 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6125 points

7090 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1369 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1072 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly 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

37% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

200% significantly lower TDP

135 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

294th 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 E5-2690 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2690 v3 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 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i9-9880H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9880H. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 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 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.