Intel Core i9-9900 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

Core i9-9900 vs Xeon E5-2687W v4 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9900 performs better than the Xeon E5-2687W v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2687W v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i9-9900 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2687W v4. Also, the Core i9-9900 has a much higher turbo speed. A Core i9-9900 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9900. The Xeon E5-2687W v4 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-9900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.