Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 vs Intel Core i7-4710MQ

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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Intel Core i7-4710MQ

Price

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$ 278.50

$ 79.95

$ 198.55 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2545 points

2% slightly better overall score

2474 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3940 points

3988 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2128 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

2030 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2046 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

1950 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

61.88 points

47% significantly higher Blender score

41.96 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3159 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1126 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1003 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3699 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3040 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1160 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1015 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

31% slightly higher clock speed

2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

80 W

47 W

70% 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

617th of 1,089

633rd 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

2013 May

2014 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 E3-1230 v3 vs Core i7-4710MQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1230 v3 beats the Core i7-4710MQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4710MQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E3-1230 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4710MQ. Also, the Xeon E3-1230 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4710MQ outputs less heat than Xeon E3-1230 v3 thanks to a 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. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1230 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.