Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-2650

Core i7-6700HQ vs Xeon E5-2650 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2650 performs better than the Core i7-6700HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6700HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2650 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700HQ. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2650 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650. Also, the Core i7-6700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 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 i7-6700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.