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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-8700 outperforms the cheaper Xeon E5-1620 v4 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Xeon E5-1620 v4 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-8700 is 560 days newer than the cheaper Xeon E5-1620 v4.
Advantages of Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4
- Up to 27% cheaper than Core i7-8700 - $136.62 vs $186.0
- Up to 23% better value when playing Hogwarts Legacy than Core i7-8700 - $1.63 vs $2.11 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700
- Performs up to 5% better in Hogwarts Legacy than Xeon E5-1620 v4 - 88 vs 84 FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 - 65 vs 140 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 - 12 vs 8 threads
Hogwarts Legacy
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Xeon E5-1620 v4
Desktop • Jun 20th, 2016
FPS
84
95%
Value, $/FPS
$1.63/FPS
100%
Price, $
$136.62
100%
Value Winner
Intel Corp. BX80660E51620V4 Xeon Processor E5-1620 v4
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Intel Core i7-8700 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Xeon E5-1620 v4
Desktop • Jun 20th, 2016
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 | vs | Intel Core i7-8700 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 20th, 2016 | Release Date | Jan 1st, 2018 |
| Xeon E5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Broadwell-E/EP | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Xeon E5-1620 v4 or Core i7-8700
Hogwarts Legacy, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
42 FPS
$20.71/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-8700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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8 FPS
$174.88/FPS
Radeon Pro WX 3100
Core i7-8700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,399
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10 FPS
$124.9/FPS
GeForce GTX 1050
Core i7-8700
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,249
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37 FPS
$67.54/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-8700
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,499
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