Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4

Core i5-3210M vs Xeon E5-1650 v4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 beats the Core i5-3210M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3210M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3210M. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-3210M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3210M. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3210M. Also, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3210M CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1650 v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-3210M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.