Intel Core i5-4690 vs Intel Xeon E3-1231 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 E3-1231 v3

Price

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$ 52.00

$ 49.38

$ 2.62 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2266 points

2675 points

18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4112 points

4187 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1744 points

2229 points

27% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1673 points

2142 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3081 points

34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2287 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.68 points

65.17 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3261 points

3858 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1162 points

1168 points

0.52% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3344 points

3756 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1212 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1192 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

3.5 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 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

670th of 1,089

598th 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 E3-1231 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1231 v3 performs better than the Core i5-4690. 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 E3-1231 v3 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4690 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Also, the Core i5-4690 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1231 v3 outputs less heat than Core i5-4690 thanks to a slightly 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 i5-4690 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.