Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

Core i7-6920HQ vs Xeon E5-2609 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2609 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 E5-2609 v3 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-6920HQ that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-6920HQ has more threads than the Xeon E5-2609 v3. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6920HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2609 v3. A Core i7-6920HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2609 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 i7-6920HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.