Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Xeon E5-1620 v2 vs Core i7-4700MQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-1620 v2 beats the Core i7-4700MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4700MQ 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4700MQ. Also, the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4700MQ outputs less heat than Xeon E5-1620 v2 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 E5-1620 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.