Intel Core i5-4200M vs Intel Xeon W3520

Core i5-4200M vs Xeon W3520 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon W3520 performs better than the Core i5-4200M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4200M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon W3520 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4200M. Indeed, the Xeon W3520 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-4200M. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W3520 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200M. Despite this, the Core i5-4200M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4200M CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W3520 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 i5-4200M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.