Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

Compare Intel Core 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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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

Price

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$ 226.37

$ 52.13 slightly less expensive

$ 278.50

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2539 points

2545 points

0.24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3984 points

1% slightly better gaming score

3940 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2108 points

2128 points

0.95% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2031 points

2046 points

0.74% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3013 points

3667 points

21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.63 points

61.88 points

60% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2047 points

3681 points

79% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

608 points

1126 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2040 points

3699 points

81% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

610 points

1160 points

90% significantly 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

3.4 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

80 W

18% 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

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

619th of 1,089

617th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-2600 vs Xeon E3-1230 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1230 v3 beats the Core i7-2600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-2600 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1230 v3. Also, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1230 v3 outputs less heat than Core i7-2600 thanks to a slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.