Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 4 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 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

4611 points

5252 points

13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5571 points

7672 points

37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4299 points

4530 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4207 points

4376 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

66% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.6 GHz

24% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

42% many more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

768 GiB

1100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

379th of 1,089

316th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2637 v3 vs Core i5-13420H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2637 v3 is faster than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13420H has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2637 v3 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2637 v3. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2637 v3 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2637 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.