Intel Core i7-3630QM vs Intel Xeon E5-2620

Core i7-3630QM vs Xeon E5-2620 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2620 performs better than the Core i7-3630QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3630QM 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 i7-3630QM has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3630QM. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3630QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2620. Also, the Core i7-3630QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3630QM 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.

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 i7-3630QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.