Intel Xeon E-2176M vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

Compare Intel Xeon E 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 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

5014 points

39% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5438 points

8% slightly better gaming score

5009 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3050 points

5003 points

64% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2927 points

4989 points

70% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.69 points

145.84 points

66% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5044 points

5840 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1415 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

883 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4813 points

5958 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1367 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

941 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

41% slightly higher turbo speed

3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

166% significantly lower TDP

120 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

768 GiB

1100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

475th of 1,089

346th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E-2176M vs Xeon E5-2670 v3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2670 v3 is faster than the Xeon E-2176M. Despite this, the Xeon E-2176M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2670 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Xeon E-2176M that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E-2176M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E-2176M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2670 v3. Also, the Xeon E-2176M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E-2176M CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2670 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Xeon E-2176M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.