Intel Xeon E5-2660 vs Intel Core 7 150U

Xeon E5-2660 vs Core 7 150U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2660 is faster than the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 7 150U has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2660. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Xeon E5-2660. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2660 has more threads than the Core 7 150U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U 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 E5-2660 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.