Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 vs Intel Core i5-6500TE

Compare Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 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

2007 points

2031 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3728 points

3776 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1528 points

1545 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1468 points

1483 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2942 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2515 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1026 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

783 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3227 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2800 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1124 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1078 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

80 W

35 W

128% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

713th of 1,089

711th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 v3 Family

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

2015 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4-1866

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E3-1220 v3 vs Core i5-6500TE benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6500TE performs better than the Xeon E3-1220 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1220 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500TE. Also, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500TE outputs less heat than Xeon E3-1220 v3 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. For instance, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.