Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-2690

Core i7-6820HQ vs Xeon E5-2690 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 performs better than the Core i7-6820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2690 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-6820HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Xeon E5-2690 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 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 i7-6820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.