Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs Intel Xeon X5650

Core i7-6920HQ vs Xeon X5650 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6920HQ beats the Xeon X5650 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5650 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon X5650 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6920HQ. Indeed, the Xeon X5650 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6920HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6920HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6920HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5650. Also, the Core i7-6920HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6920HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5650 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.