Intel Core i7-3960X vs Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4

Core i7-3960X vs Xeon E5-2630 v4 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2630 v4 performs better than the Core i7-3960X. Despite this, the Core i7-3960X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2630 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3960X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2630 v4 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-3960X. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3960X. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2630 v4. Also, the Core i7-3960X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2630 v4 outputs less heat than Core i7-3960X thanks to a significantly 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 i7-3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.