Intel Core i7-4770S vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 16 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
3% slightly better overall score
2515 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4222 points
4643 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2140 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
1920 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2055 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
1844 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

66.55 points
260.30 points
291% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3647 points
9626 points
163% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1178 points
1351 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
16
300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
32
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
Identical
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
130% significantly lower TDP
150 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
48
200% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

606th of 1,089
625th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2020 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4-2933

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-4770S vs Xeon Gold 6226R comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4770S beats the Xeon Gold 6226R in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon Gold 6226R has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Gold 6226R has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-4770S has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4770S. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4770S has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon Gold 6226R. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i7-4770S CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6226R CPU because of its 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 i7-4770S has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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