Intel Core i5-3470 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

2020 points

9% slightly better overall score

1839 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3714 points

10% slightly better gaming score

3374 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1543 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

1406 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1482 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

1350 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.09 points

0.77% slightly higher Blender score

29.86 points

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

77 W

81% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

712th of 1,089

753rd of 1,089

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-3470 vs Xeon E5-1603 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-1603 v3 beats the Core i5-3470 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3470 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 i5-3470 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.

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 i5-3470 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.