Intel Core i5-10600K vs Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3

Price

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$ 209.95

$ 249.05 significantly less expensive

$ 459.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5576 points

7% slightly better overall score

5169 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points

70% significantly better gaming score

4558 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4881 points

5431 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4723 points

5595 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

134.52 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

106.21 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6883 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4845 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1630 points

78% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

913 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6842 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5055 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1687 points

78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

944 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz

70% significantly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

49% significantly higher turbo speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

85 W

47% significantly lower TDP

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

128 GiB

768 GiB

499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

287th of 1,089

330th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-10600K vs Xeon E5-2630 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10600K performs better than the Xeon E5-2630 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2630 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2630 v3 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10600K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-10600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2630 v3. Also, the Core i5-10600K has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2630 v3 outputs less heat than Core i5-10600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-10600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.