Intel Core i7-6820HK vs Intel Xeon E3-1230

Core i7-6820HK vs Xeon E3-1230 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6820HK beats the Xeon E3-1230 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1230 in all gaming tests too.

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 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HK. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HK CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1230 CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-6820HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.