Intel Core i5-1145G7 vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v3 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

3084 points
1% slightly better overall score
3044 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5273 points
5% slightly better gaming score
5018 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2455 points
2460 points
0.20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2345 points
2361 points
0.68% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

59.23 points
76.91 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4776 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3467 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1636 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
953 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4764 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4098 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1653 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1291 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
42% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
192% significantly lower TDP
82 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

528th of 1,089
534th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-1145G7 vs Xeon E3-1281 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-1145G7 performs better than the Xeon E3-1281 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1281 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1281 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1145G7. Despite this, the Core i5-1145G7 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1145G7 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1281 v3 CPU because of its 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 i5-1145G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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