Intel Core i7-3770 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000 Intel Xeon E3 v5
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Xeon E3
• Generation
  3 5
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.9 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.9 GHz 3.6 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.0 -
• Execution units
  16 -
• Generation
  7 -
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1150 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Release date
  Q1/2011 -
• Shader
  128 -
• Technology
  22 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 and Intel Core i7-3770. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  - DDR4-2133
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-3770 and Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  77 W 80 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-3770 and Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Skylake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q4/2015
• Socket
  LGA 1155 LGA 1151
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d