Intel Core i7-870 vs Intel Xeon E3-1225 V2

Core i7-870 vs Xeon E3-1225 V2 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1225 V2 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-870 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1225 V2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-870.

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 i7-870 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.