Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2

Core i7-7820HQ vs Xeon E5-2643 v2 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2643 v2 beats the Core i7-7820HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-7820HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2643 v2 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7820HQ. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2643 v2 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7820HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7820HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2643 v2 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 E5-2643 v2 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.