Intel Core i7-4770K vs Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 153.83
$ 335.05 significantly less expensive
$ 488.88

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2925 points
10% slightly better overall score
2643 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4768 points
29% slightly better gaming score
3683 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2381 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
2305 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2286 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
2228 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

66.02 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
55.40 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3979 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2510 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1227 points
151% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
487 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4080 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2421 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1280 points
163% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
485 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.50 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W
80 W
5% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
768 GiB
2299% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

548th of 1,089
603rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2013 August

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

Core i7-4770K vs Xeon E5-2630 v2 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2630 v2 is faster than the Core i7-4770K. Despite this, the Core i7-4770K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2630 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-4770K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4770K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4770K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2630 v2. Also, the Core i7-4770K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2630 v2 outputs less heat than Core i7-4770K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-4770K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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