Intel Core i7-3820 vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 V2

Compare Intel Core X-series 4 core CPU vs Intel 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

2718 points
1% slightly better overall score
2678 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4152 points
4361 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2278 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
2181 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2189 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
2092 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.29 points
50.58 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2358 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2287 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

613 points
663 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2306 points
2338 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

624 points
672 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.50 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

583rd of 1,089
597th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-3820 vs Xeon E3-1270 V2 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3820 performs better than the Xeon E3-1270 V2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1270 V2 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 Core i7-3820 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1270 V2.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-3820 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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