Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 12 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

6031 points

2% slightly better overall score

5864 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6083 points

9087 points

49% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5984 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

4886 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5939 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

4689 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.69 points

69% significantly higher Blender score

109.57 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7665 points

8824 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1092 points

2229 points

104% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.00 GHz

42% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.5 GHz

28% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

400% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

14 MiB

366% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

274% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

253rd of 1,099

270th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 February

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR5-8533

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2687W v4 vs Core Ultra 5 226V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2687W v4 performs better than the Core Ultra 5 226V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 226V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 226V has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 226V. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 226V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 226V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 226V has more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-2687W v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 226V.

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 E5-2687W v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.