Intel Core i9-9980HK vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Core i9-9980HK vs Xeon E5-2696 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2696 v3 performs better than the Core i9-9980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9980HK in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has significantly more cores than the Core i9-9980HK. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has 18 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9980HK. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9980HK. A Core i9-9980HK CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2696 v3 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 i9-9980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.