Intel Core i3-8100T vs Intel Xeon E5-430

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 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
2250 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3996 points
27% slightly better gaming score
3133 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1646 points
1956 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1579 points
1887 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.04 points
332% significantly higher Blender score
9.25 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2902 points
146% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1179 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1040 points
176% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
376 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points
200% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1041 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1103 points
209% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
356 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
2.66 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
128% significantly lower TDP
80 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
12 MiB
1100% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

693rd of 1,089
673rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2007 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i3-8100T vs Xeon E5-430 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-430 beats the Core i3-8100T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-8100T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-8100T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-430. A Core i3-8100T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-430 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Xeon E5-430 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-8100T

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i3-8100T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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