Intel Xeon E5-2660 vs Intel Core i3-1315U

Xeon E5-2660 vs Core i3-1315U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1315U performs better than the Xeon E5-2660. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2660 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2660 has slightly more cores than the Core i3-1315U. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i3-1315U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1315U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1315U. Despite this, the Core i3-1315U 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.