Intel Core i9-9940X vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 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

8137 points

35% slightly better overall score

6018 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7646 points

32% slightly better gaming score

5749 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8299 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

6100 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8373 points

37% slightly better heavy workload score

6110 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

256.89 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

195.63 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9956 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6195 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1379 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

988 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10437 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6901 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1460 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1027 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

37% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

33% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

120 W

37% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

10% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

153rd of 1,121

264th of 1,121

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-9940X vs Xeon E5-2680 v4 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9940X beats the Xeon E5-2680 v4 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9940X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2680 v4. Also, the Core i9-9940X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2680 v4 outputs less heat than Core i9-9940X thanks to a slightly 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 i9-9940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.