Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 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

1830 points

2007 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2931 points

3728 points

27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1511 points

1528 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1452 points

1468 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.95 points

50.68 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2933 points

2942 points

0.31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

950 points

1026 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3071 points

3227 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1035 points

1124 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.59 GHz

3.1 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W

70% significantly lower TDP

80 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

754th of 1,089

713th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-4720HQ vs Xeon E3-1220 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4720HQ performs better than the Xeon E3-1220 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4720HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4720HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1220 v3 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 i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.