Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

Core i7-7820HQ vs Xeon E3-1231 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 is faster than the Core i7-7820HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-7820HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 E3-1231 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 i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.