Intel Core i3-5010U vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

Core i3-5010U vs Xeon E5-2670 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2670 v3 beats the Core i3-5010U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-5010U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2670 v3 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-5010U. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2670 v3 has 12 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-5010U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-5010U. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2670 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-5010U. A Core i3-5010U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2670 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-5010U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.