$ Bottom line: Which one is better?
The features of Intel Core i7-7920HQ are unique when we compare them against Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 and they include; 100W lower TDP, 0.5GHz higher turbo clock speed, 0.05MB/core more L2 cache per core, has integrated graphics, has Tri-Gate transistors, 21oC higher maximum operating temperature, 9 higher clock multiplier and 23mm narrower.
GENERAL INFO
When we compare Intel E5-2699 v4 and Intel Core i7-7920HQ, the following features emerge;
Supports 64-bit; Intel Core i7-7920 HQ and Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 support 64-bit.
Thermal Design Power (TDP); Intel Core i7-7920HQ has TDP of 45W whereas Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 has 145W.
Semiconductor size; Intel Core i7-7920HQ and Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 have semiconductors sizes of 14nm.
PCI Express (PCIE) version; Intel Core i7-7920HQ and Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 have PCI Express (PCIE) versions 3.
CPU temperature; Intel Core i7-7920HQ has 100oC whereas Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 has 79oC.
Integrated graphics; Intel Core i7-7920HQ has integrated graphics.
PERFORMANCE
When we compare Intel Core i7-7920HQ and E5-2699 v4, we get the following performance features of the two processors;
CPU speed; Intel Core i7-7920HQ has 4 ×n 3.1GHz whereas Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 has 22 × 2.2GHz.
L2 cache; Intel Core i7-7920HQ has 1MB whereas Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 has 5.6MB.
L3 cache; Intel Corei7-7920HQ has 8MB whereas Intel Xenon e5-2699 v4 has 55MB
CPU threads; Intel Core i7-7920HQ has 8 CPU threads while Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 has 44.
L1 cache; Intel Core i7-7920HQ has 256KB whereas Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 has 704KB
L2 core; Intel Core i7-7920HQ has 0.25MB/core while Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 has 0.2MB/core.
MEMORY
RAM speed; Intel Core i7-7920HQ and Intel xenon E5-2699 v4 have RAM speeds of 2400MHz.
Maximum memory bandwidth; Intel Core i7-7920HQ has 34.1GB/s whereas Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 has 76.8GB/s.
Memory channels; Intel Core i7-7920HQ has 2 memory channels while Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 has 4.
Maximum memory size; Intel Core i7-7920HQ has 64GB whereas Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 has 1536GB.
Bus transfer rate; Intel Core i7-7920HQ has 8GT/s whereas Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 has 9.6GT/s.
Supports ECC memory; Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 supports ECC memory.
KEY FEATURES
In this review of Intel Xenon E5-2699 v4 and Intel Core i7-7920HQ, we note the following similar key features; has dynamic frequency scaling, AES, supports hardware-assisted virtualization, uses hyperthreading technology and has SSE versions 4.2. In addition, Intel Core i7-7920HQ has Tri-Gate transistors.