Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 vs Intel Core 7 150U

Xeon E5-2660 v2 vs Core 7 150U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2660 v2 beats the Core 7 150U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a significantly 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 E5-2660 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.