Intel Core i3-8100T vs Intel Xeon E5-2643

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 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

2971 points

37% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3996 points

4108 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1646 points

2620 points

59% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1579 points

2542 points

60% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.04 points

40.83 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2902 points

0.48% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2888 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1040 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

646 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2094 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1103 points

94% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

566 points

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

3.3 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

271% significantly lower TDP

130 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

384 GiB

499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

693rd of 1,089

542nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-8100T vs Xeon E5-2643 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2643 performs better than the Core i3-8100T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8100T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E5-2643 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2643 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8100T. A Core i3-8100T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2643 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.