Intel Core i7-2820QM vs Intel Xeon X5470

Core i7-2820QM vs Xeon X5470 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2820QM beats the Xeon X5470 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon X5470 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-2820QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X5470 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2820QM. A Core i7-2820QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5470 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 i7-2820QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.