Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 vs Intel Xeon E3-1225 V2

Xeon E3-1220 v3 vs Xeon E3-1225 V2 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 beats the Xeon E3-1225 V2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1225 V2 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1225 V2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1220 v3.

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. For instance, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.