Intel Core i7-5700HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2

Compare Intel 5th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 6 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
3% slightly better overall score
2643 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4553 points
23% slightly better gaming score
3683 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2217 points
2305 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2125 points
2228 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.31 points
55.40 points
0.16% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3230 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2510 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1113 points
128% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
487 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3227 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2421 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points
126% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
485 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 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

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
768 GiB
2299% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

579th of 1,089
603rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i7
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 May
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1600
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-5700HQ vs Xeon E5-2630 v2 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2630 v2 is faster than the Core i7-5700HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-5700HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2630 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-5700HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2630 v2. Also, the Core i7-5700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-5700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2630 v2 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.

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