Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

Compare Intel 6th 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2094 points

2675 points

27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3994 points

4187 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1574 points

2229 points

41% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1508 points

2142 points

42% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.25 points

65.17 points

102% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2606 points

3858 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1041 points

1168 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2913 points

3756 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1094 points

1192 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2.6 GHz

3.4 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

77% significantly lower TDP

80 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

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

705th of 1,089

598th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-6440HQ vs Xeon E3-1231 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 is faster than the Core i5-6440HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6440HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6440HQ. Also, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6440HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1231 v3 CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-6440HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.