Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

5014 points
5922 points
18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5009 points
9414 points
87% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5003 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
4857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4989 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
4631 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

145.84 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
121.07 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5958 points
9727 points
63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points
2431 points
158% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
200% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
4.8 GHz
54% significantly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
400% significantly more pcie lanes
8

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
4700% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

346th of 1,089
257th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5-8533

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon E5-2670 v3 vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2670 v3 performs better than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2670 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core Ultra 7 256V has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 256V. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2670 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a significantly 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 E5-2670 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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