Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 vs Intel Core i7-9850HL

Xeon E5-2609 v3 vs Core i7-9850HL specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9850HL beats the Xeon E5-2609 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2609 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-9850HL has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2609 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9850HL. The Core i7-9850HL outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2609 v3 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Xeon E5-2609 v3 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.