Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 vs Intel Core i7-6820HQ. Specifications, performance, tests

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

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

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

• Base Frequency
  2.8 GHz 2.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.3 GHz 3.2 GHz

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
• Execution units
  24 24
• Generation
  9 9
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics P530 Intel HD Graphics 530
• GPU Turbo
  1050 MHz 1050 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2015
• Shader
  192 192
• 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)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-6820HQ and Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133LPDDR3-1866 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866
• PCIe lanes
  16 20
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Intel Core i7-6820HQ 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 Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Intel Core i7-6820HQ, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake S Skylake H
• 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
  Q4/2015 Q3/2015
• 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