Intel Core i7-4710HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-2420

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 6 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

2150 points

0.47% slightly better overall score

2140 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3517 points

18% slightly better gaming score

2978 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1748 points

1875 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1675 points

1814 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

48.71 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

36.28 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2985 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2643 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

965 points

113% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

453 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3089 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1814 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1009 points

166% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

378 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

31% slightly higher clock speed

1.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

45% significantly higher turbo speed

2.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W

102% significantly lower TDP

95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

49% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

384 GiB

1100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

696th of 1,089

697th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-4710HQ vs Xeon E5-2420 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4710HQ is faster than the Xeon E5-2420. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2420 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2420 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-4710HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4710HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4710HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2420. Also, the Core i7-4710HQ has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4710HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 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 i7-4710HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.