Intel Core i7-3740QM vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 2252.00
$ 797.00
$ 1455.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2493 points
2515 points
0.88% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3957 points
4643 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2061 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
1920 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1979 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
1844 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

43.44 points
260.30 points
499% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1995 points
9626 points
382% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

599 points
1351 points
125% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
16
300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
32
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
2.9 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
3.9 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
233% significantly lower TDP
150 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
48
200% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

629th of 1,089
625th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August
2020 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4-2933

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-3740QM vs Xeon Gold 6226R specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon Gold 6226R beats the Core i7-3740QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3740QM in all gaming tests too.

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 i7-3740QM that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3740QM. Our comparison shows that the Xeon Gold 6226R has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3740QM. Also, the Xeon Gold 6226R has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3740QM 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.

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.

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