Intel Core i7-4870HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-2650

Core i7-4870HQ vs Xeon E5-2650 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2650 is faster than the Core i7-4870HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4870HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2650 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-4870HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4870HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4870HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650. Also, the Core i7-4870HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4870HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-4870HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.