Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-2665

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 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

1713 points
5548 points
223% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2720 points
4569 points
67% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1419 points
5916 points
316% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1360 points
6106 points
348% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.11 points
73.09 points
30% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points
4404 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1105 points
92% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
573 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3793 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2832 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1184 points
161% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
452 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
155% significantly lower TDP
115 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
384 GiB
499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

772nd of 1,089
288th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-6920HQ vs Xeon E5-2665 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2665 is faster than the Core i7-6920HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6920HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2665 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-6920HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6920HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6920HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2665. Also, the Core i7-6920HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6920HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2665 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.

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