Intel Core i7-4710MQ vs Intel Xeon E5-620

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

2474 points
7% slightly better overall score
2291 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3988 points
36% slightly better gaming score
2929 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2030 points
2085 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1950 points
2031 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.96 points
62% significantly higher Blender score
25.76 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3040 points
105% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1482 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1015 points
177% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
366 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
2.53 GHz
1% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
31% slightly higher turbo speed
2.66 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W
70% significantly lower TDP
80 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
288 GiB
800% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
0.25 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
51100% significantly more L3 cache
0.01 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

633rd of 1,089
662nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2010 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 i7-4710MQ vs Xeon E5-620 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-620 beats the Core i7-4710MQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4710MQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-620 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4710MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4710MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4710MQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-620 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 Core i7-4710MQ has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-620. The Core i7-4710MQ also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-4710MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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