Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-2650

Core i7-7700HQ vs Xeon E5-2650 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2650 beats the Core i7-7700HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-7700HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2650 has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-7700HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2650. Also, the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 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.