Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs Xeon E5-2687W specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2687W performs better than the Xeon E5-2697 v2. 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 Xeon E5-2687W. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Xeon E5-2687W. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2687W. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2687W has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2697 v2. Also, the Xeon E5-2687W has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E5-2697 v2 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 E5-2697 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.