Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2094 points
2681 points
28% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3994 points
4224 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1574 points
2223 points
41% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1508 points
2134 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.25 points
61.49 points
90% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2606 points
3546 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1041 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1027 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2913 points
3886 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1094 points
0.09% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1093 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.5 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
211% significantly lower TDP
140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
768 GiB
1100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

705th of 1,089
595th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5
Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-6440HQ vs Xeon E5-1620 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-1620 v3 is faster than the Core i5-6440HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6440HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E5-1620 v3 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1620 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6440HQ. Also, the Xeon E5-1620 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6440HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 v3 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. For instance, the Core i5-6440HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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