Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs Xeon E5-1620 v2 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 beats the Xeon E5-1620 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1620 v2 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Also, the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E3-1231 v3 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 v2 CPU because of its 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.