Intel Core i7-2760QM vs Intel Xeon E5-430

Core i7-2760QM vs Xeon E5-430 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-430 is faster than the Core i7-2760QM. Despite this, the Core i7-2760QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-2760QM has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-430 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2760QM. A Core i7-2760QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-430 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.