Intel Core i3-8300 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2

Core i3-8300 vs Xeon E3-1230 V2 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-8300 is faster than the Xeon E3-1230 V2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1230 V2 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E3-1230 V2 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-8300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1230 V2. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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 i3-8300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.