Intel Xeon E-2176M vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6

Compare Intel Xeon E 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v6 Family 4 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
1% slightly better overall score
3566 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5438 points
5948 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3050 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
2868 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2927 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
2754 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.69 points
88.58 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4813 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4634 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1367 points
1433 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2.7 GHz
3.79 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
60% significantly lower TDP
72 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
478th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E
Xeon E3 v6 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Xeon E-2176M vs Xeon E3-1270 v6 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E-2176M is faster than the Xeon E3-1270 v6. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E-2176M has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1270 v6. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E-2176M. Despite this, the Xeon E-2176M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E-2176M CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1270 v6 CPU because of its 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.

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