Intel Core i3-10300 vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 159.99
$ 69.96 significantly less expensive
$ 229.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3697 points
0.87% slightly better overall score
3665 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5880 points
16% slightly better gaming score
5028 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3053 points
3232 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2936 points
3132 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4527 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3177 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1156 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
637 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4824 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3309 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1520 points
126% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
672 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

3.7 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
100% significantly lower TDP
130 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
256 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

461st of 1,089
467th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i3-10300 vs Xeon E5-1650 v2 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-10300 is faster than the Xeon E5-1650 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1650 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-1650 v2 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10300. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v2 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10300. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10300. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-1650 v2. Also, the Core i3-10300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10300 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1650 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-10300 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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