Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 356H

Compare Intel 12 core CPU vs Intel 16 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

5409 points
2% slightly better overall score
5256 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5325 points
8162 points
53% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5414 points
21% slightly better multitasking score
4470 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5392 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
4367 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

316th of 1,121
334th of 1,121

Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs Core Ultra 7 356H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2678 v3 performs better than the Core Ultra 7 356H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 356H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 356H has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2678 v3. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 356H has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Xeon E5-2678 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 356H.

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 E5-2678 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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