Intel Core i7-2600K vs Intel Xeon E3-1245 V2

Core i7-2600K vs Xeon E3-1245 V2 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1245 V2 beats the Core i7-2600K in overall performance. 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1245 V2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2600K.

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.