Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2899 points

3% slightly better overall score

2814 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5366 points

19% slightly better gaming score

4480 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2207 points

2320 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2115 points

2227 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4236 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3457 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1491 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

956 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4238 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3800 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1522 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1215 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

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

91 W

82 W

10% 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

567th 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

2013 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 E3-1280 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1280 v3 is faster than the Core i5-7600K. Despite this, the Core i5-7600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E3-1280 v3 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1280 v3. Also, the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1280 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.

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