Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Xeon E3-1230

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 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

2436 points

11% slightly better overall score

2180 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3645 points

6% slightly better gaming score

3414 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

1814 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2006 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

1741 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.56 points

97% significantly higher Blender score

29.69 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3618 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2572 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

73% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

671 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3733 points

88% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1979 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1205 points

105% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

585 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3.2 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

185% significantly lower TDP

80 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

640th of 1,089

686th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

Xeon E3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2011 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-8279U vs Xeon E3-1230 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8279U is faster than the Xeon E3-1230. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1230 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E3-1230 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8279U. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8279U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1230 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.