Intel Core i7-4600M vs Intel Xeon X5570

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1394 points
2200 points
57% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2774 points
3421 points
23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1034 points
1823 points
76% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

992 points
1750 points
76% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1735 points
2624 points
51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

961 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
541 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1926 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1741 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1013 points
111% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
480 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
2.93 GHz
1% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
3.33 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W
156% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
144 GiB
350% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

841st of 1,089
685th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 November
2009 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-4600M vs Xeon X5570 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5570 performs better than the Core i7-4600M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4600M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon X5570 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-4600M that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5570 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4600M. Despite this, the Core i7-4600M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4600M CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5570 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 i7-4600M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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