Intel Core i7-9750H vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6

Core i7-9750H vs Xeon E3-1270 v6 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9750H beats the Xeon E3-1270 v6 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9750H has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Xeon E3-1270 v6 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1270 v6. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9750H. Despite this, the Core i7-9750H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9750H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1270 v6 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-9750H has more L2 cache than the Xeon E3-1270 v6. The Core i7-9750H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-9750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.