Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3

Price

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$ 169.99

$ 99.00

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2549 points

10% slightly better overall score

2307 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4731 points

11% slightly better gaming score

4249 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1938 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

1762 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1859 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

1691 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.29 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

45.99 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3299 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2832 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1201 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

871 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3471 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3291 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1157 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

29% slightly lower TDP

84 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

616th of 1,089

658th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-8100 vs Xeon E3-1226 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-8100 is faster than the Xeon E3-1226 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1226 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1226 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1226 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8100 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1226 v3 CPU because of its slightly 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. For instance, the Core i3-8100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.