Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

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
5% slightly better overall score
5724 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6083 points
8889 points
46% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5984 points
25% slightly better multitasking score
4771 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5939 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score
4571 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.69 points
59% significantly higher Blender score
116.22 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
200% significantly more threads
8

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
4.7 GHz
34% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
400% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

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

249th of 1,089
274th of 1,089

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
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Xeon E5-2687W v4 vs Core Ultra 5 236V comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 236V beats the Xeon E5-2687W v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2687W v4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 236V. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 236V. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 236V 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 236V.

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.

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