Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 vs Intel Core 5 120U

Xeon E5-2670 v2 vs Core 5 120U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2670 v2 is faster than the Core 5 120U. Despite this, the Core 5 120U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E5-2670 v2 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2670 v2 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U.

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 E5-2670 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.