Intel Core i7-2600K 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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$ 84.99

$ 193.51 significantly less expensive

$ 278.50

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2571 points

1% slightly better overall score

2545 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4067 points

3% slightly better gaming score

3940 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2123 points

2128 points

0.24% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2039 points

2046 points

0.34% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3342 points

3667 points

9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.04 points

61.88 points

40% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2292 points

3681 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

665 points

1126 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2289 points

3699 points

61% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

665 points

1160 points

74% 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

612th 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 i7-2600K vs Xeon E3-1230 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1230 v3 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E3-1230 v3. Also, the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1230 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-2600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.