Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 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

2610 points

2% slightly better overall score

2545 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4142 points

5% slightly better gaming score

3940 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2155 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

2128 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2070 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

2046 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2507 points

3667 points

46% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.03 points

61.88 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points

3681 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1125 points

1126 points

0.09% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3629 points

3699 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1171 points

0.95% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1160 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3.3 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

77% significantly lower TDP

80 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

607th of 1,089

617th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-7700HQ vs Xeon E3-1230 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700HQ beats the Xeon E3-1230 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1230 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E3-1230 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7700HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1230 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 i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.