Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2 vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Xeon E5-2643 v2 vs Core i3-1215U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1215U beats the Xeon E5-2643 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2643 v2 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E5-2643 v2 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2643 v2 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 E5-2643 v2 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 E5-2643 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.