Intel Xeon E5-2630 vs Intel Core i7-4930MX

Xeon E5-2630 vs Core i7-4930MX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2630 performs better than the Core i7-4930MX. Despite this, the Core i7-4930MX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2630 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-4930MX that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4930MX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4930MX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2630. Also, the Core i7-4930MX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4930MX outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2630 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 E5-2630 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.