Intel Core i7-3820 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620

Core i7-3820 vs Xeon E5-1620 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-1620 beats the Core i7-3820 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-3820 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i7-3820 and Xeon E5-1620 have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-3820 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.