Intel Core i5-2320 vs Intel Xeon E3-1225

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 141.67
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$ 349.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1844 points
1912 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3371 points
3480 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1414 points
1470 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1357 points
1411 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

25.19 points
25.19 points
0.03% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1527 points
2142 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

530 points
647 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1550 points
1641 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

538 points
561 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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 GHz
3.1 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz
3.4 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
Identical
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

751st of 1,089
735th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Xeon E3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 August
2011 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-2320 vs Xeon E3-1225 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1225 performs better than the Core i5-2320. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2320 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1225 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2320. Also, the Xeon E3-1225 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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. For instance, the Core i5-2320 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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