Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs Intel Core i7-4800MQ

Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs Core i7-4800MQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1231 v3 performs better than the Core i7-4800MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4800MQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4800MQ. Also, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4800MQ outputs less heat than Xeon E3-1231 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 E3-1231 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.