Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3

Compare Intel 12 core CPU vs Intel 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4834 points

0.23% slightly better overall score

4823 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4801 points

5321 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4827 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

4658 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4804 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

4614 points

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136.02 points

152.03 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20% slightly more threads

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362nd of 1,089

363rd of 1,089

Xeon E5-2676 v3 vs Xeon E5-2666 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2676 v3 is faster than the Xeon E5-2666 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2666 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2676 v3 has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2666 v3. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2676 v3 has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Xeon E5-2666 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2666 v3.

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 E5-2676 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.