Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-520

Core i7-4720HQ vs Xeon E5-520 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-520 beats the Core i7-4720HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4720HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-520. Also, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4720HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-520 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Xeon E5-520 also has slightly 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 i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.