Xeon E3-1535 v6 or i7-7700HQ for gaming?

[buffalobillswildwestshow]

Hello,

I will be picking up a Thinkpad P71 in the next coming days. It will strictly be used for my business which is an eBay and Amazon store and also for gaming. I have two laptops to choose from. Both are refurbed models from Lenovo's Outlet website. The first one has the following specs:

Xeon E3-1535 v6
Nvidia Quadro P5000M
8GB DDR4 2400Mhz SODIMM (will upgrade in the near future to either 16 or 32gb)
500GB 7200RPM SATA 2.5" HD (will upgrade in the near future to 1TB SSD M.2)

The second option has the same specs as the first (including immediate upgrades), but with an i7-7700HQ cpu.

Need to know if I will see much of a performance loss in gaming or day-to-day browser/word processing tasks if I were to go with the i7 vs the Xeon?

Thanks for the input.

Bill

 

[toshibitsu]

The i7-7700HQ would have better performance: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E3-1505M-v6-vs-Intel-Core-i7-7700HQ/m233404vsm211019

Also, if you plan to game... the Quadro cards aren't exactly meant for that. You are better off getting a laptop with an Nvidia GTX 10## series card. Something with at least a 1050 Ti or 1060.

 

[buffalobillswildwestshow]

Thanks for the reply. Actually this would be the correct Xeon/i7 comparison, but again, appreciate your help.

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E3-1535M-v6-vs-Intel-Core-i7-7700HQ/m321215vsm211019

The i7-7700HQ would have better performance: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E3-1505M-v6-vs-Intel-Core-i7-7700HQ/m233404vsm211019

Also, if you plan to game... the Quadro cards aren't exactly meant for that. You are better off getting a laptop with an Nvidia GTX 10## series card. Something with at least a 1050 Ti or 1060.

 

[buffalobillswildwestshow]

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Question from buffalobillswildwestshow : "Xeon E3-1535 v6 or i7-7700HQ for gaming?"

Hello,

I will be picking up a Thinkpad P71 in the next coming days. It will strictly be used for my business which is an eBay and Amazon store and also for gaming. I have two laptops to choose from. Both are refurbed models from Lenovo's Outlet website. The first one has the following specs:

Xeon E3-1535 v6
Nvidia Quadro P5000M
8GB DDR4 2400Mhz SODIMM (will upgrade in the near future to either 16 or 32gb)
500GB 7200RPM SATA 2.5" HD (will upgrade in the near future to 1TB SSD M.2)

The second option has the same specs as the first (including immediate upgrades), but with an i7-7700HQ cpu.

Need to know if I will see much of a performance loss in gaming or day-to-day browser/word processing tasks if I were to go with the i7 vs the Xeon?

Thanks for the input.

Bill

LoL, they are almost the same. The Xeon has +100Mhz base clock and more L3 cache (8MB vs 6MB). The Xeon will be a slightly faster.

https://ark.intel.com/products/89610/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1535M-v5-8M-Cache-2_90-GHz
https://ark.intel.com/products/97185/Intel-Core-i7-7700HQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

Thanks for the reply. Actually, you linked to the "v5" Xeon processor. I am looking to purchase the "v6" found here.

https://ark.intel.com/products/97468/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1535M-v6-8M-Cache-3_10-GHz?q=E3-1535%20v6

LoL, they are almost the same. The Xeon has +100Mhz base clock and more L3 cache (8MB vs 6MB). The Xeon will be a slightly faster.

https://ark.intel.com/products/89610/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1535M-v5-8M-Cache-2_90-GHz
https://ark.intel.com/products/97185/Intel-Core-i7-7700HQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Let's keep it to one thread please.

 

[gyuuula]

Thanks for the reply. Actually, you linked to the "v5" Xeon processor. I am looking to purchase the "v6" found here.

https://ark.intel.com/products/97468/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1535M-v6-8M-Cache-3_10-GHz?q=E3-1535%20v6

I'm sorry, I was careless. Soooo:
Usually the Xeon CPUs have larger cache and some server-related feature (ECC support) over their mainstream variants. In this case, the Xeon has +300Mhz base and boost clock speed, and more L3 cache (8MB vs 6MB). The Xeon will be roughly 10% faster, as featured on the userbenchmark page.

If the price difference (if there is) doesn't bother you, get the Xeon. It will be 10% feaster in games, where the GPU doesn't bottlenecking the performance.

 

[buffalobillswildwestshow]

Thanks a ton for the update! So, in your last sentence, did you mean to say that the Xeon doesn't bottleneck?

Thanks for the reply. Actually, you linked to the "v5" Xeon processor. I am looking to purchase the "v6" found here.

https://ark.intel.com/products/97468/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1535M-v6-8M-Cache-3_10-GHz?q=E3-1535%20v6

I'm sorry, I was careless. Soooo:
Usually the Xeon CPUs have larger cache and some server-related feature (ECC support) over their mainstream variants. In this case, the Xeon has +300Mhz base and boost clock speed, and more L3 cache (8MB vs 6MB). The Xeon will be roughly 10% faster, as featured on the userbenchmark page.

If the price difference (if there is) doesn't bother you, get the Xeon. It will be 10% feaster in games, where the GPU doesn't bottlenecking the performance.

 

[gyuuula]

Thanks a ton for the update! So, in your last sentence, did you mean to say that the Xeon doesn't bottleneck?

In most games, the GPU is the bottleneck, and you will not notice the difference between the CPU at such small difference (Xeon is just 10% faster). But there are exceptions.