Intel Core i7-4700MQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5

Core i7-4700MQ vs Xeon E3-1220 v5 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1220 v5 beats the Core i7-4700MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4700MQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4700MQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1220 v5 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700MQ. Also, the Xeon E3-1220 v5 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4700MQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1220 v5 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1220 v5 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4700MQ. The Xeon E3-1220 v5 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-4700MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.