Intel Core i7-3740QM vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Core i7-3740QM vs Xeon E5-2420 v2 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2420 v2 is faster than the Core i7-3740QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3740QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-3740QM has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3740QM. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3740QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Also, the Core i7-3740QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3740QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-3740QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.