Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 vs Intel Core 5 210H

Xeon E5-1660 v3 vs Core 5 210H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-1660 v3 is faster than the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E5-1660 v3 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1660 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 Xeon E5-1660 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.