Intel Xeon E-2176M vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Compare Intel Xeon E 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i3 6 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

3606 points

9% slightly better overall score

3288 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5438 points

5718 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3050 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

2595 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2927 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

2480 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.69 points

53% significantly higher Blender score

57.10 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5044 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4916 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1415 points

1875 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4813 points

4826 points

0.27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1367 points

1815 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

125% significantly higher clock speed

1.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

Identical

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

15 W

200% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

475th of 1,089

501st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E

12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E-2176M vs Core i3-1215U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E-2176M beats the Core i3-1215U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-1215U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E-2176M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E-2176M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i3-1215U outputs less heat than Xeon E-2176M thanks to a significantly 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 Xeon E-2176M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.