Intel Core i7-4700MQ vs Intel Xeon X5570

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 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

2226 points
1% slightly better overall score
2200 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3615 points
5% slightly better gaming score
3421 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1813 points
1823 points
0.55% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1735 points
1750 points
0.86% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2898 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2624 points
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

3110 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1741 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1019 points
112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
480 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.40 GHz
2.93 GHz
22% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.33 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W
102% 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.25 MiB
1 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

676th 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 May
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 i7-4700MQ vs Xeon X5570 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon X5570 beats the Core i7-4700MQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4700MQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4700MQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X5570 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4700MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4700MQ 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon X5570 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4700MQ. The Xeon X5570 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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

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