Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 vs Intel Core i3-1220P

Xeon E5-1620 v3 vs Core i3-1220P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-1620 v3 performs better than the Core i3-1220P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1220P in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more cores than the Xeon E5-1620 v3. Indeed, the Core i3-1220P has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E5-1620 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-1620 v3. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1620 v3 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1220P.

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 E5-1620 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.