Intel Xeon E5-2689 vs Intel Xeon W-2125

Xeon E5-2689 vs Xeon W-2125 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2689 performs better than the Xeon W-2125. Despite this, the Xeon W-2125 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2689 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Xeon W-2125 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2125. A Xeon E5-2689 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2125 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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