Intel Xeon W3580 vs Intel Core i3-4170

Xeon W3580 vs Core i3-4170 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon W3580 performs better than the Core i3-4170. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4170 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon W3580 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-4170 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4170. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4170 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon W3580. The Core i3-4170 outputs less heat than Xeon W3580 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 W3580 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.