Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3

Compare Intel 18 core CPU vs Intel 10 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

6495 points

34% slightly better overall score

4823 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5724 points

7% slightly better gaming score

5321 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6803 points

46% significantly better multitasking score

4658 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6991 points

51% significantly better heavy workload score

4614 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6829 points

42% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

4806 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.70 points

52% significantly higher Blender score

152.03 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

79% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

79% significantly more threads

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221st of 1,089

363rd of 1,089

Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Xeon E5-2666 v3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2696 v3 is faster than the Xeon E5-2666 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2666 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has significantly more cores than the Xeon E5-2666 v3. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has 18 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Xeon E5-2666 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2666 v3.

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 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.