Intel Core i7-3720QM vs Intel Xeon X5570

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon X5570

Price

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$ 99.95

$ 98.95

$ 1.00 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2112 points

2200 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3499 points

2% slightly better gaming score

3421 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1701 points

1823 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1632 points

1750 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2033 points

2624 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

602 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

541 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1978 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1741 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

586 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

480 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

2.93 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.33 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

111% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

144 GiB

350% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

703rd of 1,089

685th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2009 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-3720QM vs Xeon X5570 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon X5570 beats the Core i7-3720QM in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-3720QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3720QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X5570 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3720QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3720QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3720QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5570 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.