Intel Core i7-930 vs Intel Xeon E5-649

Core i7-930 vs Xeon E5-649 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-930 performs better than the Xeon E5-649. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-649 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-649 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-930. Indeed, the Xeon E5-649 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-930. Despite this, the Core i7-930 has more threads than the Xeon E5-649. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-930 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-649. Also, the Core i7-930 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-649 outputs less heat than Core i7-930 thanks to a 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 i7-930 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.