Xeon vs. Core i7 CPU?

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Here a short answer I made an other topic:

2 CPUs in Sketchup scene building

Hi. At work I install su2015 on different hardware: Xeon 10C/20T 2687 v3 Xeon 6C/12T i5 i7 The i7 is the fastest under su due to better performance with only 1 thread. Just after, in that order: i5, Xeon 6C, Xeon 10C. The 10C is the slower under SU. But it’s the fastest under Artlantis. We bought the 10C with a Dell Precision at 4000 € excl. VAT with a poor Quadro K2200. I replace it with a GTX 680. With heavy scenes (20 millions faces) it become a little complicated to work. SU use …