Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2555 points
2685 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4024 points
4156 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2116 points
2246 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2037 points
2159 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.63 points
69.40 points
79% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2047 points
3742 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

608 points
1145 points
88% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2040 points
3690 points
80% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

610 points
1181 points
93% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
Identical
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
Identical
3.8 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

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

626th of 1,105
603rd of 1,105

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

No
Yes

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