Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

Compare Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

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$ 278.50

$ 30.00

$ 248.50 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2545 points

11% slightly better overall score

2286 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3940 points

9% slightly better gaming score

3603 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2128 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

1895 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2046 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

1822 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

61.88 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

49.31 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2305 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1126 points

77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

633 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3699 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2380 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1160 points

79% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

645 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

3.7 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

80 W

62% significantly lower TDP

130 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

256 GiB

700% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

617th of 1,089

665th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E3-1230 v3 vs Xeon E5-1620 v2 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1230 v3 performs better than the Xeon E5-1620 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1620 v2 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1230 v3. Also, the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E3-1230 v3 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 v2 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. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1230 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.