Intel Core i7-3610QM vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

Core i7-3610QM vs Xeon E5-2609 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3610QM 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2609 v3 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-3610QM that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-3610QM has more threads than the Xeon E5-2609 v3. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3610QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2609 v3. A Core i7-3610QM 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-3610QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.