Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Xeon E5-1660 v4 vs Core Ultra 7 256V benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 256V beats the Xeon E5-1660 v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1660 v4 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Xeon E5-1660 v4 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1660 v4 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 Xeon E5-1660 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.