Intel Core i7-4900MQ vs Intel Xeon W3550

Core i7-4900MQ vs Xeon W3550 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4900MQ beats the Xeon W3550 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W3550 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W3550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4900MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4900MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4900MQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W3550 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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 i7-4900MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.