Intel Xeon E5-1660 vs Intel Core i3-1315U

Xeon E5-1660 vs Core i3-1315U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-1660 beats the Core i3-1315U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-1315U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E5-1660 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-1660 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1315U. Despite this, the Core i3-1315U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 E5-1660 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.