Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Xeon X5570

Core i7-7820HQ vs Xeon X5570 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon X5570 beats the Core i7-7820HQ in overall performance. 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 but the Core i7-7820HQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5570 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 X5570 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.