Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-2670

Core i7-6700HQ vs Xeon E5-2670 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2670 performs better than the Core i7-6700HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6700HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2670 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-6700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-6700HQ and Xeon E5-2670 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-6700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2670 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.