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

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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

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.42 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
27.68 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1538 points
2143 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

463 points
649 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1692 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1577 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

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

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

765th of 1,103
756th of 1,103

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

No
Yes

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