Intel Core i7-4770S vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 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

2614 points

2% slightly better overall score

2544 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4222 points

3% slightly better gaming score

4070 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2140 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

2091 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2055 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

2009 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

66.55 points

67% significantly higher Blender score

39.80 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.30 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

606th of 1,089

618th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4770S vs Xeon E3-1230 V2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4770S performs better than the Xeon E3-1230 V2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1230 V2 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1230 V2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4770S.

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