Intel Core i7-8700T vs Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 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

2945 points

10% slightly better overall score

2675 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4207 points

0.48% slightly better gaming score

4187 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2558 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

2229 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2473 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

2142 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

92.37 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

65.17 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4790 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3858 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1265 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1168 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4733 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3756 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1336 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1192 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3.4 GHz

41% slightly higher clock speed

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

35 W

128% significantly 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

128 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

546th of 1,089

598th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-8700T vs Xeon E3-1231 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8700T performs better than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Xeon E3-1231 v3 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1231 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-8700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.