Intel Core i5-6600K vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 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

2741 points

2874 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5066 points

8% slightly better gaming score

4648 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2091 points

2349 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2007 points

2254 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.62 points

65.90 points

18% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3989 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3825 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1400 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1137 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4043 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3898 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1429 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1225 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

Identical

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

Identical

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

91 W

80 W

13% 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

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

597th of 1,115

572nd of 1,115

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-6600K vs Xeon E3-1270 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1270 v3 is faster than the Core i5-6600K. Despite this, the Core i5-6600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E3-1270 v3 has more threads. Both the Core i5-6600K and Xeon E3-1270 v3 have the same clock speed. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1270 v3 outputs less heat than Core i5-6600K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-6600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.