Intel Core i7-930 vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3

Core i7-930 vs Xeon E3-1220 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 beats the Core i7-930 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-930 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-930 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-930. Also, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1220 v3 outputs less heat than Core i7-930 thanks to a 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 i7-930 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.