Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1575M v5. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000H Intel Xeon E3 v5
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Xeon E3
• Generation
  6 5
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.9 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.8 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.4 GHz No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12.0
• Execution units
  24 72
• Generation
  9 9
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
• GPU Turbo
  1050 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2015
• Shader
  192 576
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E3-1575M v5 and Intel Core i7-6920HQ. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133LPDDR3-1866
• PCIe lanes
  20 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-6920HQ and Intel Xeon E3-1575M v5 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 45 W
• TDP down
  - 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-6920HQ and Intel Xeon E3-1575M v5, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake H Skylake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2016
• Socket
  BGA 1440 BGA 1440
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d