Intel Xeon E3-1230 vs Intel Core i5-6500

Intel Xeon E3-1230
Intel Socket 1155SERVER
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2011
Intel Xeon E3-1230
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1230

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

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.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E3-1230Intel Core i5-6500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
AVX2
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Xeon E3-1230Intel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Skylake
MarketServervsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameSandy BridgevsSkylake
Release DateApr 2011vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Xeon E3-1230Intel Core i5-6500
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon E3-1230Intel 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 E3-1230Intel Core i5-6500
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size216mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E3-1230Intel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP80 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E3-1230
    3600 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E3-1230
    15360 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better