Intel Core i7-11700K vs Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

Core i7-11700K vs Xeon E3-1231 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700K 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700K has significantly more cores than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1231 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Also, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1231 v3 outputs less heat than Core i7-11700K thanks to a 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 i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.