Intel Core i3-8300 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620

Core i3-8300 vs Xeon E5-1620 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-1620 is faster than the Core i3-8300. Despite this, the Core i3-8300 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E5-1620 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-1620. A Core i3-8300 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 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 i3-8300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.