Is there any difference between an Xeon and an i7

[Guest]

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I am going to be using an Xeon 3.4Ghz quad core processor, Im gonna use it for primarily video editing/game capturing and light gaming in minecraft etc. Im not planning to overclock the CPU so a K edition i7 wouldnt matter, would there be any performance difference/ gain with the i7? I would look at the i7-4790 if it would be worth it. The only main difference I see is the higher clockspeed so would this benefit my rendering in vegas? Many thanks Josh

 

[CTurbo]

There is little difference between the two. The biggest difference is that specific Xeon has no igpu. I would not pay extra to get the 4790.

 

[Guest]

There is little difference between the two. The biggest difference is that specific Xeon has no igpu. I would not pay extra to get the 4790.

I wasn't planning to use integrated graphics anyway,the i7 is quite a bit more expensive so I'll just stick with the Xeon if it has almost identical performance it wont be worth it. Thanks for the answer

 

[CTurbo]

I've used that Xeon a lot and it's great.