Intel Core i7-4720HQ 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

1830 points

1884 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2931 points

11% slightly better gaming score

2639 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1511 points

1648 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1452 points

1596 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.95 points

82% significantly higher Blender score

25.76 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3071 points

107% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1482 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1035 points

182% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

366 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.59 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

2.53 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

35% 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

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

772nd of 1,114

761st of 1,114

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

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

Yes

Core i7-4720HQ vs Xeon E5-620 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-620 is faster than the Core i7-4720HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4720HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-620. Also, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4720HQ 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 info from our database shows that the Core i7-4720HQ has more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-620. The Core i7-4720HQ 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 i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.