Intel Core i7-4710HQ vs Intel Xeon X5650

Core i7-4710HQ vs Xeon X5650 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon X5650 beats the Core i7-4710HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4710HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon X5650 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4710HQ. Indeed, the Xeon X5650 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4710HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4710HQ. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X5650 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4710HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4710HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4710HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5650 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 i7-4710HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.