Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

5000 points

5922 points

18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4860 points

9414 points

93% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5053 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

4857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5066 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

4631 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

201.57 points

66% significantly higher Blender score

121.07 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6391 points

9727 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

958 points

2431 points

153% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

250% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.00 GHz

2.2 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

4.8 GHz

49% significantly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

400% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3.5 MiB

14 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

35 MiB

191% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

348th of 1,089

257th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 February

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR5-8533

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2660 v4 vs Core Ultra 7 256V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 is faster than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core Ultra 7 256V has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 256V. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2660 v4. Also, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a significantly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 256V has more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-2660 v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V.

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 E5-2660 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.