Intel Core i7-5700HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3

Compare Intel 5th 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

2748 points

36% slightly better overall score

2007 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4553 points

22% slightly better gaming score

3728 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2217 points

45% significantly better multitasking score

1528 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2125 points

44% significantly better heavy workload score

1468 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.31 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

50.68 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3230 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2942 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1113 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1026 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3227 points

Identical

3227 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points

1124 points

2% 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

2.7 GHz

3.1 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

Identical

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

579th of 1,089

713th of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i7

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 May

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1600

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-5700HQ vs Xeon E3-1220 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5700HQ performs better than the Xeon E3-1220 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1220 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-5700HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5700HQ. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i7-5700HQ 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.

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 i7-5700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.