Intel Core i7-3612QM vs Intel Xeon E5-2620

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 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
2694 points
73% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2569 points
3212 points
25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1247 points
2534 points
103% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1197 points
2503 points
109% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.42 points
38.93 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1538 points
2793 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

463 points
0.87% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
459 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1692 points
1902 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

501 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
390 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
24% slightly higher turbo speed
2.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
171% significantly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
384 GiB
1100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

801st of 1,089
591st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-3612QM vs Xeon E5-2620 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2620 is faster than the Core i7-3612QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3612QM in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2620 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-3612QM has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3612QM. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3612QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2620. Also, the Core i7-3612QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3612QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2620 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.

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