Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 vs Intel Core i5-1345U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 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

4392 points
13% slightly better overall score
3872 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5377 points
5947 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4064 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
3314 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3979 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score
3202 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

148.95 points
55% significantly higher Blender score
96.06 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
87% significantly higher clock speed
1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.7 GHz
34% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
100% significantly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

768 GiB
1100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

401st of 1,089
446th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1333
DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Xeon E5-1660 v3 vs Core i5-1345U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-1660 v3 is faster than the Core i5-1345U. Despite this, the Core i5-1345U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1345U has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-1660 v3. Indeed, the Core i5-1345U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Xeon E5-1660 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-1660 v3 has more threads than the Core i5-1345U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1660 v3 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1345U. Despite this, the Core i5-1345U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1660 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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