Some of the `` Core i7 '' processors are almost the came as some of the `` Xeon '' processors But , each of the Xeon processors is a little bit different than the `` Core i7 '' processor , because a `` server '' computer is not the same as a consumer computer . In each generation , the highest-performing Core i7 processors use the same socket and QPI-based architecture as the low-end Xeon processors of that generation , while lower-performing Core i7 processors use the same socket and PCIe\/DMI\/FDI architecture as the Core i5 .