Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 vs Intel Core i5-6500

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
Intel Socket 1150SERVER
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
    111%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    107%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
    130%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 30% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6500.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

7% higher single threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3Intel Core i5-6500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
ECC
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
x8 SDDC
vPro
TSX
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3Intel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Skylake
MarketServervsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3, DDR4vsDDR4
CodenameHaswell-WSvsSkylake
Release DateJun 2013vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3Intel Core i5-6500
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD P4600vsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3Intel Core i5-6500
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3Intel Core i5-6500
SocketIntel Socket 1150vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size160mm²vs177mm²
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3Intel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP84 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
    4032 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
    17203 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 (simulated)
    141.08
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    151

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 (simulated)
    706.91
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    541.5

points - higher is better