Intel Core 7 150U vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5

Core 7 150U vs Xeon E3-1220 v5 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1220 v5 performs better than the Core 7 150U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 150U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Xeon E3-1220 v5 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1220 v5. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1220 v5 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a significantly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon E3-1220 v5. The Core 7 150U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Core 7 150U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.