Intel Core i7-3720QM vs Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2

Core i7-3720QM vs Xeon E3-1240 V2 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1240 V2 beats the Core i7-3720QM in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-3720QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1240 V2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3720QM.

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 i7-3720QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.