Intel Core i7-3820QM vs Intel Xeon E5-1603 v3

Core i7-3820QM vs Xeon E5-1603 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-1603 v3 beats the Core i7-3820QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3820QM in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3820QM has more threads. A Core i7-3820QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1603 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-3820QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.