Intel Core i9-9880H vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Core i9-9880H vs Xeon E5-2697 v2 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9880H beats the Xeon E5-2697 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2697 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has significantly more cores than the Core i9-9880H. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9880H. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9880H. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2697 v2 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 E5-2697 v2 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.