Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v5 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

2218 points

2407 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points

4431 points

24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points

1840 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points

1766 points

0.97% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

47.62 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3447 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3379 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points

1204 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3325 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points

1198 points

0.84% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

3.00 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 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

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

678th of 1,089

642nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

Xeon E3 v5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2015 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR4-1866

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-7820HQ vs Xeon E3-1220 v5 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1220 v5 beats the Core i7-7820HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-7820HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E3-1220 v5 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7820HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1220 v5 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 i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.