Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 10 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v6 Family 4 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

3728 points

4% slightly better overall score

3566 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4090 points

5948 points

45% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3611 points

25% slightly better multitasking score

2868 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3586 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

2754 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

88.58 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5264 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4634 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

963 points

1433 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

150% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.79 GHz

72% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

4.2 GHz

35% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

85 W

72 W

18% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

458th of 1,089

478th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Xeon E3 v6 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 February

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4-2400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2630 v4 vs Xeon E3-1270 v6 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2630 v4 is faster than the Xeon E3-1270 v6. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2630 v4 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1270 v6. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2630 v4. Also, the Xeon E3-1270 v6 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1270 v6 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2630 v4 thanks to a slightly 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 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.