Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3

Core i7-4700HQ vs Xeon E3-1226 v3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4700HQ is faster than the Xeon E3-1226 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1226 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4700HQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1226 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700HQ. Also, the Xeon E3-1226 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1226 v3 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 i7-4700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.