Intel Core i7-4980HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1245 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

3463 points

42% slightly better overall score

2437 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5609 points

39% slightly better gaming score

4011 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2826 points

43% significantly better multitasking score

1975 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2712 points

43% significantly better heavy workload score

1896 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

62.88 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

58.49 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3525 points

3734 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1103 points

1146 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3854 points

0.89% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3820 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1241 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1203 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

2.8 GHz

3.4 GHz

21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W

78% significantly lower TDP

84 W

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

489th of 1,089

639th 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 August

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 i7-4980HQ vs Xeon E3-1245 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4980HQ performs better than the Xeon E3-1245 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1245 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E3-1245 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4980HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4980HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4980HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1245 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 i7-4980HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.