Intel Core i7-3612QM vs Intel Xeon X5450

Core i7-3612QM vs Xeon X5450 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3612QM is faster than the Xeon X5450. Despite this, the Xeon X5450 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3612QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X5450 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM. A Core i7-3612QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5450 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-3612QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.