Intel Xeon E-2186M vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Xeon E-2186M vs Core i3-1215U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E-2186M beats the Core i3-1215U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-1215U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Xeon E-2186M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E-2186M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. Also, the Xeon E-2186M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1215U outputs less heat than Xeon E-2186M thanks to a 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-2186M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.