Intel Core i7-870 vs Intel Xeon E3-1225

Core i7-870 vs Xeon E3-1225 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1225 beats the Core i7-870 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-870 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-870 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1225 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-870. Despite this, the Core i7-870 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-870 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.