Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Xeon E5-2630 v4 vs Core i3-1215U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1215U performs better than the Xeon E5-2630 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2630 v4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2630 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1215U. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2630 v4 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i3-1215U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1215U. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2630 v4 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. Despite this, the Core i3-1215U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1215U outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2630 v4 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 E5-2630 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.