Intel Core i7-4771 vs Intel Xeon E5-2670

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2798 points
4% slightly better overall score
2679 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4428 points
17% slightly better gaming score
3763 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2314 points
0.13% slightly better multitasking score
2311 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2221 points
0.14% slightly better heavy workload score
2218 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i7-4771 and the Xeon E5-2670? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.73 points
69.61 points
14% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3819 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3089 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1158 points
135% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
491 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3893 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3052 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1229 points
143% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
505 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W
36% slightly lower TDP
115 W

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
384 GiB
1100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

569th of 1,089
596th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2012 February

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 i7-4771 vs Xeon E5-2670 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4771 is faster than the Xeon E5-2670. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2670 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2670 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4771. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2670 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4771. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4771. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4771 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2670. Also, the Core i7-4771 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4771 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2670 CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-4771 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons