Intel Core i7-8700T vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 V2

Core i7-8700T vs Xeon E3-1270 V2 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8700T beats the Xeon E3-1270 V2 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1270 V2 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores than the Xeon E3-1270 V2. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1270 V2. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1270 V2. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1270 V2 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-8700T has more L2 cache than the Xeon E3-1270 V2. The Core i7-8700T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-8700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.