Intel Core i7-3610QM vs Intel Xeon E5-430

Core i7-3610QM vs Xeon E5-430 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-430 beats the Core i7-3610QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3610QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3610QM has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-430 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3610QM. A Core i7-3610QM 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.

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 i7-3610QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.