Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Xeon E5-2650 v4 vs Core i5-13420H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 performs better than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13420H. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-13420H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13420H. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has a significantly 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 E5-2650 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.