Intel Xeon E5-2665 vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Xeon E5-2665 vs Core i5-13420H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2665 beats the Core i5-13420H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E5-2665 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2665 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H 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 E5-2665 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.