Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Compare Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 6 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

2437 points

2495 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4011 points

16% slightly better gaming score

3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1975 points

2187 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1896 points

2116 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.49 points

96% significantly higher Blender score

29.84 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3734 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3177 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1146 points

121% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

517 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3820 points

78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2144 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1203 points

173% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

440 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

54% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

40% slightly higher turbo speed

2.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

80 W

5% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

49% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% 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

639th of 1,089

628th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

2014 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 E3-1245 v3 vs Xeon E5-2420 v2 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2420 v2 is faster than the Xeon E3-1245 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1245 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Xeon E3-1245 v3 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1245 v3. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1245 v3 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Also, the Xeon E3-1245 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2420 v2 outputs less heat than Xeon E3-1245 v3 thanks to a 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 E3-1245 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.