Intel Core i7-2600K vs Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3

Core i7-2600K vs Xeon E3-1275 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1275 v3 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1275 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2600K. Also, the Xeon E3-1275 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.