Intel Xeon E5-2670 vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 V2

Compare Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 core CPU vs Intel 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

2679 points

0.04% slightly better overall score

2678 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3763 points

4361 points

15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2311 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

2181 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2218 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

2092 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.61 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

50.58 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3089 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2287 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

491 points

663 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3052 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2338 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

505 points

672 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.50 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

596th of 1,089

597th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2670 vs Xeon E3-1270 V2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2670 performs better than the Xeon E3-1270 V2. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1270 V2 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2670 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Xeon E3-1270 V2 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1270 V2. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E3-1270 V2 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2670.

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 E5-2670 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.