Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-1603 v3

Core i7-7700HQ vs Xeon E5-1603 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700HQ beats the Xeon E5-1603 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1603 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-7700HQ has more threads. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1603 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.