Intel Xeon E3-1220 vs Intel Xeon X5470

Xeon E3-1220 vs Xeon X5470 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1220 beats the Xeon X5470 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5470 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5470 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1220. A Xeon E3-1220 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5470 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. For instance, the Xeon E3-1220 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.