Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 vs Intel Core i7-1255U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 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

5169 points
38% slightly better overall score
3722 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4558 points
5577 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5431 points
69% significantly better multitasking score
3201 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5595 points
81% significantly better heavy workload score
3089 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.21 points
39% slightly higher Blender score
75.98 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

2.4 GHz
41% slightly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz
4.7 GHz
46% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

85 W
15 W
466% significantly lower TDP

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

330th of 1,089
459th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Xeon E5-2630 v3 vs Core i7-1255U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2630 v3 is faster than the Core i7-1255U. Despite this, the Core i7-1255U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1255U has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2630 v3. Indeed, the Core i7-1255U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Xeon E5-2630 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2630 v3 has more threads than the Core i7-1255U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2630 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1255U. Despite this, the Core i7-1255U has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1255U outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2630 v3 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 E5-2630 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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