Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3

Compare Intel 6th 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

3117 points

16% slightly better overall score

2685 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4991 points

20% slightly better gaming score

4156 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2559 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

2246 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2457 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

2159 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.31 points

69.40 points

0.13% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4052 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3742 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1252 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1145 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4207 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3690 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1320 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1181 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

3.4 GHz

Identical

3.4 GHz

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

65 W

23% slightly lower TDP

80 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

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

523rd of 1,089

594th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-6700 vs Xeon E3-1240 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700 is faster than the Xeon E3-1240 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1240 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i7-6700 and Xeon E3-1240 v3 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1240 v3 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.