Intel Core i7-2760QM vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

Core i7-2760QM vs Xeon E5-2609 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2760QM beats the Xeon E5-2609 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2609 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2609 v3 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-2760QM. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2609 v3 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-2760QM. Despite this, the Core i7-2760QM has more threads than the Xeon E5-2609 v3. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2760QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2609 v3. A Core i7-2760QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2609 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. Indeed, the Core i7-2760QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.