Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-2620

Core i7-7700HQ vs Xeon E5-2620 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2620 performs better than the Core i7-7700HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-7700HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2620 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-7700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2620. Also, the Core i7-7700HQ has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2620 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 i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.