Intel Core i7-3930K vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

Core i7-3930K vs Xeon E5-1650 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-1650 v3 beats the Core i7-3930K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3930K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3930K. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i7-3930K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1650 v3 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-3930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.