Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 vs Intel Core i7-1365U

Xeon E5-2640 v3 vs Core i7-1365U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-1365U beats the Xeon E5-2640 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2640 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1365U has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2640 v3. Indeed, the Core i7-1365U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Xeon E5-2640 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2640 v3 has more threads than the Core i7-1365U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2640 v3 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1365U. Despite this, the Core i7-1365U has a significantly 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 E5-2640 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.