Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 vs Intel Core i7-4790

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
Intel Socket 1151SERVER
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2015
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
Intel Core i7-4790
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i7-4790

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4790

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5.

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5Intel Core i7-4790
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
ECC
HTT
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
x8 SDDC
vPro
TSX
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5Intel Core i7-4790
ArchitectureIntel_SkylakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketServervsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameSkylake-DTvsHaswell
Release DateOct 2015vsMay 2014

Cores

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5Intel Core i7-4790
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5Intel Core i7-4790
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5Intel Core i7-4790
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12Cvs
Die Size160mm²vs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5Intel Core i7-4790
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP80 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
    4600 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
    20594 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    18816 points

Points - higher is better