Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX

Compare Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 12 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

12102 points

352% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4187 points

11676 points

178% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2229 points

12246 points

449% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2142 points

12288 points

473% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2287 points

11567 points

405% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

65.17 points

342.81 points

426% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3858 points

13685 points

254% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1168 points

2663 points

127% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3756 points

13839 points

268% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1192 points

2627 points

120% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

5.2 GHz

36% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

80 W

55 W

45% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

598th of 1,089

49th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs Ryzen 9 7845HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7845HX performs better than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1231 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7845HX has significantly more cores than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7845HX has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1231 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 7845HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7845HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7845HX 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.

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 E3-1231 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.