Intel Xeon E5-2670 vs Intel Core 5 120U

Xeon E5-2670 vs Core 5 120U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 5 120U performs better than the Xeon E5-2670. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2670 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 5 120U has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Xeon E5-2670 that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2670 has more threads than the Core 5 120U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2670 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U.

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