Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 vs Intel Core i7-4710MQ

Compare Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 254.74
$ 79.95
$ 174.79 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2688 points
8% slightly better overall score
2474 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4287 points
7% slightly better gaming score
3988 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2219 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
2030 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2132 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
1950 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

48.98 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
41.96 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3840 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3159 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1164 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1003 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3893 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3040 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1220 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1015 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
39% slightly higher clock speed
2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

80 W
47 W
70% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

592nd of 1,089
633rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 v3 Family
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Xeon E3-1241 v3 vs Core i7-4710MQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1241 v3 beats the Core i7-4710MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4710MQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1241 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4710MQ. Also, the Xeon E3-1241 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4710MQ outputs less heat than Xeon E3-1241 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 E3-1241 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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