Intel Core i5-7300HQ vs Intel Xeon X5650

Core i5-7300HQ vs Xeon X5650 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5650 performs better than the Core i5-7300HQ. Despite this, the Core i5-7300HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon X5650 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7300HQ. Indeed, the Xeon X5650 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-7300HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7300HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5650 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7300HQ. Despite this, the Core i5-7300HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5650 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Xeon X5650 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-7300HQ. The Xeon X5650 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. For instance, the Core i5-7300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.