Intel Core i7-2760QM vs Intel Xeon E3-1226 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 E3-1226 v3

Price

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$ 122.02

$ 99.00

$ 23.02 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2123 points

2307 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3444 points

4249 points

23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1738 points

1762 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1671 points

1691 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

33.27 points

45.99 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1422 points

2832 points

99% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

479 points

871 points

81% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1606 points

3291 points

104% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

528 points

1157 points

119% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3.3 GHz

37% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

86% significantly lower TDP

84 W

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

701st of 1,089

658th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November

2014 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 i7-2760QM vs Xeon E3-1226 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1226 v3 performs better than the Core i7-2760QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2760QM in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-2760QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1226 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2760QM. Also, the Xeon E3-1226 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-2760QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1226 v3 CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-2760QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.