Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Core i7-6700HQ vs Xeon E5-2420 v2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6700HQ performs better than the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2420 v2 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-6700HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Also, the Core i7-6700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-6700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.