Intel Core i7-3612QM vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1549 points

1767 points

14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2569 points

2784 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1247 points

1446 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1197 points

1388 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1538 points

2526 points

64% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

463 points

0.43% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

461 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1692 points

2743 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

501 points

617 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

1.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

128% significantly lower TDP

80 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

768 GiB

2299% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

801st of 1,089

763rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-3612QM vs Xeon E5-2609 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3612QM performs better than the Xeon E5-2609 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2609 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2609 v3 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-3612QM has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-3612QM has more threads than the Xeon E5-2609 v3. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3612QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2609 v3. A Core i7-3612QM 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.

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 i7-3612QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.