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

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

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Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2

Price

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$ 161.43

$ 28.52 slightly less expensive

$ 189.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2483 points

2544 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points

13% slightly better gaming score

4070 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1885 points

2091 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1808 points

2009 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.71 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

39.80 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

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

632nd of 1,089

618th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

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

Core i5-4690K vs Xeon E3-1230 V2 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4690K beats the Xeon E3-1230 V2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1230 V2 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E3-1230 V2.

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