Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2371 points

2685 points

13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3749 points

4156 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1956 points

2246 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1875 points

2159 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.44 points

69.40 points

20% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3456 points

3742 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

1145 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3487 points

3690 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1123 points

1181 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

77% significantly lower TDP

80 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

647th of 1,089

594th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-6820HQ vs Xeon E3-1240 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1240 v3 beats the Core i7-6820HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1240 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Xeon E3-1240 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1240 v3 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 i7-6820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.