Intel Core i5-8600K vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Intel Core i5-8600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2018
Intel Core i5-8600K
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
Intel Socket 1151SERVER
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2015
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8600K

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5.
Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

None

Intel Core i5-8600K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8600K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-8600K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8600K

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-8600KIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
ECC
HTT
x8 SDDC
vPro

Architecture

Intel Core i5-8600KIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsServer
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsSkylake-DT
Release DateJan 2018vsOct 2015

Cores

Intel Core i5-8600KIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5
Cores6vs4
Threads6vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i5-8600KIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache9216 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-8600KIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size151mm²vs160mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-8600KIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs80 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    5160 points
  • Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
    4600 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    25920 points
  • Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
    20594 points

Points - higher is better