Intel Core i5-4590 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

Compare Intel 4th 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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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

Price

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$ 100.73

$ 177.77 significantly less expensive

$ 278.50

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2241 points

2545 points

13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4060 points

3% slightly better gaming score

3940 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1725 points

2128 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1656 points

2046 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2840 points

3667 points

29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.58 points

61.88 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3116 points

3681 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1106 points

1126 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3165 points

3699 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points

1160 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

Identical

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

Identical

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

80 W

5% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

674th of 1,089

617th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-4590 vs Xeon E3-1230 v3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1230 v3 is faster than the Core i5-4590. Despite this, the Core i5-4590 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E3-1230 v3 has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-4590 and Xeon E3-1230 v3 are identical in this regard. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Xeon E3-1230 v3 outputs less heat than Core i5-4590 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-4590 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.