Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 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

6682 points
14% slightly better overall score
5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6240 points
9364 points
50% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6819 points
42% slightly better multitasking score
4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6860 points
49% significantly better heavy workload score
4598 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

200.70 points
58% significantly higher Blender score
126.58 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8934 points
9679 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1072 points
2417 points
125% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
250% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.8 GHz
37% 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

211th of 1,089
265th 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 E5-2690 v4 vs Core Ultra 7 258V benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 beats the Core Ultra 7 258V in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core Ultra 7 258V. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 258V. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 E5-2690 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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