Intel Core i7-3720QM vs Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2

Core i7-3720QM vs Xeon E5-2630 v2 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2630 v2 performs better than the Core i7-3720QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3720QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2630 v2 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3720QM. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2630 v2 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3720QM. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3720QM. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-3720QM and Xeon E5-2630 v2 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-3720QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3720QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2630 v2 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 i7-3720QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.