Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

Core i7-4700HQ vs Xeon E5-1620 v2 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4700HQ beats the Xeon E5-1620 v2 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700HQ. Also, the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 v2 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 i7-4700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.