Intel Core i5-4690 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2

Core i5-4690 vs Xeon E3-1230 V2 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1230 V2 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E3-1230 V2 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4690 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1230 V2.

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 i5-4690 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.