Intel Core i3-8100T vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2160 points

3044 points

40% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3996 points

5018 points

25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1646 points

2460 points

49% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1579 points

2361 points

49% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.04 points

76.91 points

92% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2902 points

3467 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1040 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

953 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points

4098 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1103 points

1291 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.7 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

134% significantly lower TDP

82 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

693rd of 1,089

534th 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

2018 May

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 i3-8100T vs Xeon E3-1281 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1281 v3 beats the Core i3-8100T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8100T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E3-1281 v3 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E3-1281 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-8100T. A Core i3-8100T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1281 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. For instance, the Core i3-8100T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.