Intel Core i7-4790K vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 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

3124 points

11% slightly better overall score

2814 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5019 points

12% slightly better gaming score

4480 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2564 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

2320 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2462 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

2227 points

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4415 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3457 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1357 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

956 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4402 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3800 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1403 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1215 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

4 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

88 W

82 W

7% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

520th of 1,089

567th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-4790K vs Xeon E3-1280 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790K is faster than the Xeon E3-1280 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1280 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E3-1280 v3. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1280 v3 outputs less heat than Core i7-4790K 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 i7-4790K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.