Intel Core i7-975 vs Intel Xeon W3550

Core i7-975 vs Xeon W3550 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon W3550 beats the Core i7-975 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-975 in all gaming tests too.

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 Core i7-975 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon W3550. Also, the Core i7-975 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-975 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.