Xeon (/ˈziːɒn/ ZEE-on) is a brand of x86 microprocessors designed, manufactured, and marketed by Intel, targeted at the non-consumer workstation, server, and embedded system markets. It was introduced in June 1998.

Is Intel Xeon better than i9?

Xeon is Intel's CPU lineup, and it's aimed primarily at business workstations and servers. These CPUs typically offer more cores than mainstream PCs, but the clock speeds are a little wonky when compared with their Core i7 and i9 counterparts. ... Xeon chips are far more power-hungry and get a lot hotter.

Is Xeon slower than i7?

i7-3720QM is about 2100 per core. So it kind of makes sense the performance you are getting. In terms of total performance (were you rendering a 3D mocel and maxing all 6 cores) the XEON e5 you have is faster, but for single/dual threaded performance you are comparing 1/6 vs 1/4 of a processor, so the i7 wins.