Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Xeon E5-620

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

2291 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points

21% slightly better gaming score

2929 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points

2085 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points

2031 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points

145% significantly higher Blender score

25.76 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points

141% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1482 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points

224% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

366 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

2.53 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

46% significantly higher turbo speed

2.66 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

77% significantly lower TDP

80 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

288 GiB

350% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

678th of 1,089

662nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-7820HQ vs Xeon E5-620 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-620 is faster than the Core i7-7820HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-7820HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-620. Also, the Core i7-7820HQ has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-620 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.