Intel Core i5-8500T vs Intel Xeon E3-1281 v3

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 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

3124 points

2% slightly better overall score

3044 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5063 points

0.90% slightly better gaming score

5018 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2528 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

2460 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2428 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

2361 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.83 points

76.91 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3954 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3467 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1137 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

953 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4152 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4098 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1193 points

1291 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.7 GHz

76% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.1 GHz

17% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

134% 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

128 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

521st 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 i5-8500T vs Xeon E3-1281 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8500T is faster than the Xeon E3-1281 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1281 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-8500T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Xeon E3-1281 v3 has 4 cores. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1281 v3 has more threads than the Core i5-8500T. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E3-1281 v3 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Xeon E3-1281 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500T 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.

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 i5-8500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.