Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

Compare Intel 7th 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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$ 304.35

$ 49.38

$ 254.97 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2899 points

8% slightly better overall score

2675 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5366 points

28% slightly better gaming score

4187 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2207 points

2229 points

1.00% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2115 points

2142 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2709 points

18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2287 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

61.33 points

65.17 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4236 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3858 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1491 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1168 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4238 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3756 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1522 points

27% 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

3.8 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 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

553rd of 1,089

598th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-7600K vs Xeon E3-1231 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-7600K performs better than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1231 v3 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Also, the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1231 v3 outputs less heat than Core i5-7600K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-7600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.