Intel Core i7-2760QM vs Intel Xeon E3-1220

Core i7-2760QM vs Xeon E3-1220 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2760QM beats the Xeon E3-1220 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1220 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-2760QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1220 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2760QM. Despite this, the Core i7-2760QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-2760QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1220 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-2760QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.