Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Compare Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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

2307 points

3% slightly better overall score

2226 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4249 points

17% slightly better gaming score

3615 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1762 points

1813 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1691 points

1735 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.99 points

46.75 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2832 points

2898 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

871 points

961 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3291 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3110 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1157 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1019 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

37% slightly higher clock speed

2.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

47 W

78% 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

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

658th of 1,089

676th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 v3 Family

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E3-1226 v3 vs Core i7-4700MQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1226 v3 performs better than the Core i7-4700MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4700MQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4700MQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1226 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700MQ. Also, the Xeon E3-1226 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4700MQ outputs less heat than Xeon E3-1226 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 E3-1226 v3 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.