Intel Xeon E5-2660 vs Intel Core i7-1355U

Xeon E5-2660 vs Core i7-1355U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-1355U 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 Core i7-1355U has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2660. Indeed, the Core i7-1355U 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 i7-1355U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1355U. Despite this, the Core i7-1355U has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.