Intel Core i7-3612QM vs Intel Xeon E3-1220

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1831 points

1881 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2900 points

3441 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1514 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

1439 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1454 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

1379 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.42 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

27.68 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1538 points

2143 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

463 points

649 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1692 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1577 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

501 points

532 points

6% slightly 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

2.1 GHz

3.1 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

3.4 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

128% significantly lower TDP

80 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

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

771st of 1,114

762nd of 1,114

Family

The product line

Core

Xeon E3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2011 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-3612QM vs Xeon E3-1220 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1220 is faster than the Core i7-3612QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3612QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3612QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1220 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM. Also, the Xeon E3-1220 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3612QM CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1220 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 i7-3612QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.