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

Xeon E3-1230 vs Core i7-4710MQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4710MQ performs better than the Xeon E3-1230. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1230 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1230 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4710MQ. Also, the Xeon E3-1230 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4710MQ outputs less heat than Xeon E3-1230 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1230 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.