Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Xeon E3-1230

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2143 points
2180 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3261 points
3414 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1816 points
0.11% slightly better multitasking score
1814 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1755 points
0.80% slightly better heavy workload score
1741 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.61 points
188% significantly higher Blender score
29.69 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4580 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2572 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1270 points
89% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
671 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5219 points
163% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1979 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1422 points
143% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
585 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.2 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
33% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
77% significantly lower TDP
80 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

698th of 1,092
687th of 1,092

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i9
Xeon E3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2011 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

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