Intel Core i7-4712MQ vs Intel Xeon X5450

Core i7-4712MQ vs Xeon X5450 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon X5450 beats the Core i7-4712MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4712MQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4712MQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon X5450 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4712MQ. A Core i7-4712MQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5450 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Xeon X5450 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4712MQ

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 i7-4712MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.