Intel Core i7-3820QM vs Intel Xeon E3-1225

Core i7-3820QM vs Xeon E3-1225 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3820QM performs better than the Xeon E3-1225. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3820QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1225 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3820QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3820QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3820QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1225 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 i7-3820QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.