Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 vs Intel Core 7 150U

Xeon E3-1230 V2 vs Core 7 150U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core 7 150U beats the Xeon E3-1230 V2 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1230 V2 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores than the Xeon E3-1230 V2. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1230 V2. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1230 V2. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1230 V2 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. The info from our database shows that the Core 7 150U has more L2 cache than the Xeon E3-1230 V2. The Core 7 150U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1230 V2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.