Intel Core i7-4770K vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 V2

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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

2925 points
9% slightly better overall score
2678 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4768 points
9% slightly better gaming score
4361 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2381 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
2181 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2286 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
2092 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

66.02 points
30% slightly higher Blender score
50.58 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3979 points
73% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2287 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1227 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
663 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4080 points
74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2338 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1280 points
90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
672 points

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

3.50 GHz
Identical
3.50 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
Identical
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

548th of 1,089
597th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-4770K vs Xeon E3-1270 V2 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4770K is faster 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. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-4770K and Xeon E3-1270 V2 are identical in this regard. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

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 i7-4770K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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