Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 vs Intel Xeon W-2135

Xeon E5-2696 v2 vs Xeon W-2135 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2696 v2 performs better than the Xeon W-2135. Despite this, the Xeon W-2135 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2696 v2 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Xeon W-2135 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2135.

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 E5-2696 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.