Intel Core i7-2600K vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2

Core i7-2600K vs Xeon E3-1230 V2 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1230 V2 performs better than the Core i7-2600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1230 V2.

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.