Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs Intel Core i7-13700K

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Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-13700K
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Core i7-13700K

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 and the Intel Core i7-13700K and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 12 core processor released in Q3/2014 with the Intel Core i7-13700K which has 16 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2022.
Intel Xeon E5 (71) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
Intel Xeon E5 v3 (32) CPU group Intel Core i 13000 (17)
5 Generation 13
Haswell E Architecture Raptor Lake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Core i7-12700K
-- Successor Intel Core i7-14700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 is a 12 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.30 GHz). The processor can compute 24 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i7-13700K clocks with 3.40 GHz (5.40 GHz), has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Characteristic Intel Core i7-13700K
12 Cores 16
24 Threads 24
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.50 GHz (3.30 GHz) A-Core 3.40 GHz (5.40 GHz)
8x Raptor Cove
-- B-Core 2.50 GHz (4.20 GHz)
8x Gracemont

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Characteristic Intel Core i7-13700K
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.60 GHz
-- GPU Generation 11
Technology 10 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 32
-- Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 768 GB of memory in a maximum of 4 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3, while the Intel Core i7-13700K supports a maximum of 192 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s enabled.

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Characteristic Intel Core i7-13700K
DDR4-2133, DDR3-2133 Memory DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200
768 GB Max. Memory 192 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
68.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
3.00 MB L2 Cache 24.00 MB
30.00 MB L3 Cache 30.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 5.0
40 PCIe lanes 20
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 has a TDP of 120 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i7-13700K is 125 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Characteristic Intel Core i7-13700K
120 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 125 W
-- TDP (PL2) 253 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
85 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 has 33.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 22 nm. The cache of Intel Core i7-13700K is at 54.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Characteristic Intel Core i7-13700K
22 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
LGA 2011-3 Socket LGA 1700
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2014 Release date Q4/2022
-- Release price 409 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 (43%)
Intel Core i7-13700K (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 (43%)
Intel Core i7-13700K (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
903 (44%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
2065 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
9338 (51%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz
18402 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
1131 (41%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
2787 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
8086 (47%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz
17208 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
14699 (31%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz
47002 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
126 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
1602 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
2126 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz
31062 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
815 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz
11831 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.60 GHz
820 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz
430 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
310 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz
4639 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
31,062 CB R23 MC @ 220 W
141 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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News and articles for the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 and the Intel Core i7-13700K

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Intel Core i7-13700K could debut with 16 cores and 24 threads
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Posted by Stefan on 2022-07-20
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