Intel Core i3-10100T vs Intel Xeon E5-2640

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2795 points
2849 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4716 points
23% slightly better gaming score
3820 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2245 points
2537 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2160 points
2462 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.48 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
47.31 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4048 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3360 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1273 points
128% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
558 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3698 points
63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2265 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1265 points
181% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
450 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed
3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
171% significantly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
384 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

580th of 1,105
569th of 1,105

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3
Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i3-10100T vs Xeon E5-2640 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2640 is faster than the Core i3-10100T. Despite this, the Core i3-10100T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2640 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10100T. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2640 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10100T. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100T. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10100T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640. Also, the Core i3-10100T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10100T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2640 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-10100T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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