Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-430

Core i7-4700HQ vs Xeon E5-430 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4700HQ beats the Xeon E5-430 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-430 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4700HQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-430 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700HQ. A Core i7-4700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-430 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 i7-4700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.