Intel Core i7-930 vs Intel Xeon E5-1603 v3

Core i7-930 vs Xeon E5-1603 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-930 is faster than the Xeon E5-1603 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-1603 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-930 has more threads. A Core i7-930 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1603 v3 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-930 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.