Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs Intel Core i7-11600H

Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs Core i7-11600H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11600H beats the Xeon E5-2697 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2697 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-11600H. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-11600H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11600H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2697 v2. Also, the Core i7-11600H 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 E5-2697 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.