Intel Xeon E3-1230 vs Intel Xeon X5570

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

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Intel Xeon X5570

Price

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$ 265.87

$ 98.95

$ 166.92 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2180 points

2200 points

0.92% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3414 points

3421 points

0.21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1814 points

1823 points

0.50% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1741 points

1750 points

0.52% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2572 points

2624 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

671 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

541 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1979 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1741 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

585 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

480 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

2.93 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.33 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

80 W

18% slightly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

144 GiB

350% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

686th of 1,089

685th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 Family

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 May

2009 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E3-1230 vs Xeon X5570 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5570 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Xeon E3-1230 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1230 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5570. Also, the Xeon E3-1230 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E3-1230 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5570 CPU because of its slightly 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.