Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Compare Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2675 points

2788 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4187 points

21% slightly better gaming score

3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2229 points

2584 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2142 points

2521 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

65.17 points

212.94 points

226% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3756 points

13475 points

258% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1192 points

2524 points

111% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

69% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

5.1 GHz

34% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

128 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

598th of 1,089

572nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs Core Ultra 7 255H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 255H performs better than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Xeon E3-1231 v3 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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.