Intel Core i7-5700HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-620

Core i7-5700HQ vs Xeon E5-620 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5700HQ beats the Xeon E5-620 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-620 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-620. Also, the Core i7-5700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-5700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-620 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-5700HQ has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-620. The Core i7-5700HQ also has significantly more 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 i7-5700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.