Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Xeon E5-2698 v3 vs Core Ultra 7 258V specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2698 v3 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 E5-2698 v3 has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2698 v3 has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core Ultra 7 258V. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 258V. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2698 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 E5-2698 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.