Intel Core i5-4690 vs Intel Xeon E3-1226 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 E3-1226 v3

Price

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$ 52.00

$ 47.00 significantly less expensive

$ 99.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2266 points

2307 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4112 points

4249 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1744 points

1762 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1673 points

1691 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.68 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

45.99 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3261 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2832 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1162 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

871 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3344 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3291 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1212 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1157 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

Identical

84 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

670th of 1,089

658th 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

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-4690 vs Xeon E3-1226 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1226 v3 beats the Core i5-4690 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4690 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 Core i5-4690 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1226 v3. Also, the Core i5-4690 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 i5-4690 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.