Intel Xeon E5-2689 vs Intel Core 5 120U

Xeon E5-2689 vs Core 5 120U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 5 120U performs better than the Xeon E5-2689. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2689 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 120U has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2689. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Xeon E5-2689. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2689 has more threads than the Core 5 120U.

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 E5-2689 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.