Intel Core i7-6820HK vs Intel Xeon E5-2630

Core i7-6820HK vs Xeon E5-2630 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6820HK performs better than the Xeon E5-2630. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2630 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2630 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6820HK. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2630 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6820HK. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HK. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6820HK has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2630. Also, the Core i7-6820HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HK CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2630 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 i7-6820HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.