Intel Xeon E3-1225 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Compare Intel Xeon E3 Family 4 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

1912 points
16671 points
771% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3480 points
15390 points
342% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1470 points
17088 points
1062% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1411 points
17203 points
1119% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

25.19 points
467.43 points
1755% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1641 points
20585 points
1154% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

561 points
3063 points
445% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
20
400% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
20
400% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
3.9 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
5.5 GHz
61% significantly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
24
20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
192 GiB
499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

749th of 1,112
10th of 1,112

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 Family
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 May
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Xeon E3-1225 vs Core Ultra 7 265K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265K performs better than the Xeon E3-1225. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1225 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more cores than the Xeon E3-1225. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has 20 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1225. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1225. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E3-1225. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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 E3-1225 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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