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

Core i7-2600K vs Xeon E3-1240 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1240 v3 is faster than the Core i7-2600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-2600K and Xeon E3-1240 v3 are identical in this regard. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Xeon E3-1240 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-2600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.