Intel Core i7-3820QM vs Intel Xeon E5-2650

Core i7-3820QM vs Xeon E5-2650 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2650 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2650 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-3820QM that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3820QM. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3820QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650. Also, the Core i7-3820QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3820QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-3820QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.