Intel Core i7-3720QM vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

Core i7-3720QM vs Xeon Gold 6226R benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3720QM performs better than the Xeon Gold 6226R. Despite this, the Xeon Gold 6226R has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Gold 6226R has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-3720QM that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3720QM. Our comparison shows that the Xeon Gold 6226R has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3720QM. Also, the Xeon Gold 6226R has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3720QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6226R 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 i7-3720QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.