Intel Core i7-3630QM vs Intel Xeon E5-1603

Core i7-3630QM vs Xeon E5-1603 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3630QM beats the Xeon E5-1603 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon E5-1603 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3630QM has more threads. A Core i7-3630QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1603 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 i7-3630QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.