Intel Core i7-2600K vs Intel Xeon E3-1226 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 E3-1226 v3

Price

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$ 84.99

$ 14.01 slightly less expensive

$ 99.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2571 points

11% slightly better overall score

2307 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4067 points

4249 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2123 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

1762 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2039 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

1691 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.04 points

45.99 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2292 points

2832 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

665 points

871 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2289 points

3291 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

665 points

1157 points

73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

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

84 W

13% 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

612th of 1,089

658th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2014 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 i7-2600K vs Xeon E3-1226 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2600K performs better than the Xeon E3-1226 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1226 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-2600K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E3-1226 v3. Also, the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1226 v3 outputs less heat than Core i7-2600K 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 i7-2600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.