Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2620

Compare Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2620

Price

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$ 49.38

$ 157.77 significantly less expensive

$ 207.15

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2675 points

2694 points

0.71% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4187 points

30% slightly better gaming score

3212 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2229 points

2534 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2142 points

2503 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

65.17 points

67% significantly higher Blender score

38.93 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3858 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2793 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1168 points

154% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

459 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3756 points

97% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1902 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1192 points

205% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

390 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% 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

52% significantly higher turbo speed

2.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

80 W

18% slightly lower TDP

95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

384 GiB

1100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

598th of 1,089

591st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs Xeon E5-2620 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2620 is faster than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2620 has significantly more cores than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2620 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1231 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2620. Also, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E3-1231 v3 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2620 CPU because of its slightly 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.