Intel Core i7-4980HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v6 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

3566 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5609 points

5948 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2826 points

2868 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2712 points

2754 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

62.88 points

88.58 points

40% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3854 points

4634 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1241 points

1433 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.79 GHz

35% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.2 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W

53% significantly lower TDP

72 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

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

489th of 1,089

478th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Xeon E3 v6 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4-2400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-4980HQ vs Xeon E3-1270 v6 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1270 v6 is faster than the Core i7-4980HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4980HQ 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 E3-1270 v6 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4980HQ. Also, the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4980HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1270 v6 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.