Intel Core i5-8300H vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3

Compare Intel 8th 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

2837 points

3044 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4554 points

5018 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2331 points

2460 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2236 points

2361 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.07 points

76.91 points

39% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3631 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3467 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1233 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

953 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3732 points

4098 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points

1291 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.7 GHz

60% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.1 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

82% significantly lower TDP

82 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

564th of 1,089

534th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-8300H vs Xeon E3-1281 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1281 v3 beats the Core i5-8300H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-8300H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1281 v3 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8300H. Also, the Xeon E3-1281 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8300H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1281 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.