Intel Core i7-3612QM vs Intel Xeon X5687

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1831 points
1892 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2900 points
3477 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1514 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
1446 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1454 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
1388 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.42 points
42.49 points
31% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.59 GHz
71% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
3.86 GHz
24% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
271% significantly lower TDP
130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
288 GiB
800% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

765th of 1,103
749th of 1,103

Family

The product line

Core
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
2011 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

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