Intel Core i7-3612QM vs Intel Xeon E5-1603 v3

Core i7-3612QM vs Xeon E5-1603 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-1603 v3 performs better than the Core i7-3612QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3612QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3612QM has more threads. A Core i7-3612QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1603 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 i7-3612QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.