Xeon E5-2680 v4 vs i7-13700

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-13700
2023
16 cores / 24 threads, 65 Watt
23.19
+109%
Xeon E5-2680 v4
2016
14 cores / 28 threads, 120 Watt
11.12

Core i7-13700 outperforms Xeon E5-2680 v4 by a whopping 109% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-13700 and Xeon E5-2680 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking224705
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation49.432.98
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon (Desktop)
Power efficiency33.768.77
Architecture codenameRaptor Lake-S (2023−2024)Broadwell-EP (2016)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$384$1,745

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

i7-13700 has 1559% better value for money than Xeon E5-2680 v4.

Detailed specifications

Core i7-13700 and Xeon E5-2680 v4 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads2428
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed5.2 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache80K (per core)448 KB
L2 cache2 MB (per core)3.5 MB
L3 cache30 MB (shared)35 MB
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm14 nm
Die size257 mm2306.18 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C86 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4700 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-13700 and Xeon E5-2680 v4 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1700FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-13700 and Xeon E5-2680 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data-
SIPP+-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Core i7-13700 and Xeon E5-2680 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key++
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-13700 and Xeon E5-2680 v4 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-13700 and Xeon E5-2680 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5600, DDR4-3200DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size192 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth89.6 GB/s76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 770no data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.6 GHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-13700 and Xeon E5-2680 v4 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-13700 and Xeon E5-2680 v4 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-13700 and Xeon E5-2680 v4 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-13700 and Xeon E5-2680 v4.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.03.0
PCI Express lanes1640

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-13700 23.19
+109%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 11.12

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-13700 36842
+109%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 17664

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-13700 2654
+160%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 1021

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-13700 14744
+113%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 6917

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i7-13700 10840
+192%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 3707

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i7-13700 82724
+168%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 30922

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i7-13700 17194
+108%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 8286

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i7-13700 50
+185%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 18

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i7-13700 3692
+123%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 1657

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i7-13700 285
+185%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 100

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i7-13700 3.5
+210%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 1.13

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i7-13700 22
+134%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 9.4

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i7-13700 12289
+94.4%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 6323

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i7-13700 224
+183%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 79

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i7-13700 393
+188%
Xeon E5-2680 v4 137

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 23.19 11.12
Recency 4 January 2023 20 June 2016
Physical cores 16 14
Threads 24 28
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 120 Watt

i7-13700 has a 108.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 14.3% more physical cores, and 84.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2680 v4, on the other hand, has 16.7% more threads.

The Core i7-13700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2680 v4 in performance tests.

Note that Core i7-13700 is a desktop processor while Xeon E5-2680 v4 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i7-13700 and Xeon E5-2680 v4, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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