Intel Core i7-3770S vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Core i7-3770S vs Xeon E5-2420 v2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3770S performs better than the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2420 v2 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-3770S that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770S. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3770S has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Also, the Core i7-3770S has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3770S CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 v2 CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-3770S has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.