Intel Xeon E3-1230 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420

Xeon E3-1230 vs Xeon E5-2420 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2420 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 core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2420 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Xeon E3-1230 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1230. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1230 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420. Also, the Xeon E3-1230 has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E3-1230 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 CPU because of its slightly 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. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1230 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.