Intel Core i7-4790S vs Intel Xeon E3-1245 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

2743 points
2% slightly better overall score
2669 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4529 points
1% slightly better gaming score
4446 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2219 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
2147 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2130 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
2060 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.35 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
48.24 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3586 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2305 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1175 points
74% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
674 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3775 points
66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2273 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1204 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
659 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.40 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

580th of 1,089
599th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-4790S vs Xeon E3-1245 V2 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4790S performs better than the Xeon E3-1245 V2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1245 V2 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1245 V2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4790S.

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 i7-4790S has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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