Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 vs Intel Core i5-1245U

Xeon E5-2690 v2 vs Core i5-1245U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 performs better than the Core i5-1245U. Despite this, the Core i5-1245U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1245U.

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 E5-2690 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.