Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 vs Intel Core i7 X 980

Xeon E3-1245 v5 vs Core i7 X 980 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1245 v5 performs better than the Core i7 X 980. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 980 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7 X 980 has significantly more cores than the Xeon E3-1245 v5. Indeed, the Core i7 X 980 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1245 v5. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1245 v5. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1245 v5 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 X 980. In terms of cache, the Core i7 X 980 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E3-1245 v5

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 v5 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.