Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Xeon E3-1225

Core i3-7100 vs Xeon E3-1225 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1225 performs better than the Core i3-7100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E3-1225 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-7100. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1225 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-7100. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-7100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1225. A Core i3-7100 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1225 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 i3-7100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.