Intel Core i5-4590T vs Intel Xeon X3450

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon X3450

Price

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$ 129.95

$ 48.66

$ 81.29 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1695 points

1719 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3142 points

13% slightly better gaming score

2768 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1291 points

1407 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1239 points

1350 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.64 points

39.82 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2552 points

75% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1454 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

917 points

112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

432 points

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

2.00 GHz

2.66 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

171% significantly lower TDP

95 W

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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

8 MiB

700% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

776th of 1,089

770th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-4590T vs Xeon X3450 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X3450 performs better than the Core i5-4590T. Despite this, the Core i5-4590T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon X3450 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X3450 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4590T. Also, the Xeon X3450 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4590T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X3450 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon X3450 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-4590T

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 i5-4590T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.