Intel Core i7-4800MQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2

Core i7-4800MQ vs Xeon E3-1230 V2 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1230 V2 is faster than the Core i7-4800MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4800MQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1230 V2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4800MQ. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Xeon E3-1230 V2 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-4800MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.