Intel Core i7-5700HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1231 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

2% slightly better overall score

2675 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4553 points

8% slightly better gaming score

4187 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2217 points

2229 points

0.54% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2125 points

2142 points

0.80% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.31 points

65.17 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3230 points

3858 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1113 points

1168 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3227 points

3756 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points

1192 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

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

598th 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

2014 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 E3-1231 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5700HQ beats the Xeon E3-1231 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1231 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5700HQ. Also, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-5700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1231 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-5700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.