Intel Core i5-2400 vs Intel Xeon E5-1603 v3

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 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

1911 points

3% slightly better overall score

1839 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3500 points

3% slightly better gaming score

3374 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1462 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

1406 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1403 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

1350 points

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Blender score

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26.55 points

29.86 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

47% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

737th of 1,089

753rd of 1,089

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2400 vs Xeon E5-1603 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2400 performs better than the Xeon E5-1603 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1603 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. A Core i5-2400 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1603 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-2400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.