Intel Core i7-4790S vs Intel Xeon E3-1275 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

2743 points
2761 points
0.66% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4529 points
1% slightly better gaming score
4471 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2219 points
2260 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2130 points
2171 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.35 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
55.25 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3586 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3420 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1175 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
937 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3775 points
3863 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1204 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1180 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
3.5 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

580th of 1,089
577th 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
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-4790S vs Xeon E3-1275 v3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1275 v3 is faster than the Core i7-4790S. Despite this, the Core i7-4790S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 E3-1275 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4790S. Despite this, the Core i7-4790S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4790S CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1275 v3 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 i7-4790S has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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