[stomachmonkey]

Number of cores is not the whole story.

Xeons = error correcting memory, more stable and far less prone to introducing errors into data. It’s why they are most commonly found in server class systems. They excel at large compute sets.

i7/i9 class can be overclocked for performance improvements and they are more budget friendly. Few consumers are using their PCs for tasks that require Xeon class chips.

It’s less about which architecture is better, it’s more about what kind of data are you working with.