Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 vs Intel Core i7-4710MQ

Xeon E3-1245 v3 vs Core i7-4710MQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4710MQ performs better than the Xeon E3-1245 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1245 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 Xeon E3-1245 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4710MQ. Also, the Xeon E3-1245 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4710MQ outputs less heat than Xeon E3-1245 v3 thanks to a 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 Xeon E3-1245 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.