Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

Core i7-6920HQ vs Xeon E5-1650 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-1650 v3 beats the Core i7-6920HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6920HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-1650 v3 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-6920HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6920HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6920HQ. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i7-6920HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1650 v3 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 i7-6920HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.