Intel Xeon E3-1270 vs Intel Core i5-4690

Intel Xeon E3-1270
Intel Socket 1155SERVER
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2011
Intel Xeon E3-1270
Intel Core i5-4690
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i5-4690

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1270

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4690

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 E3-1270.
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 E3-1270Intel Core i5-4690
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 E3-1270Intel Core i5-4690
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketServervsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateApr 2011vsMay 2014

Cores

Intel Xeon E3-1270Intel Core i5-4690
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Xeon E3-1270Intel Core i5-4690
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 E3-1270Intel Core i5-4690
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size216mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E3-1270Intel Core i5-4690
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP80 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E3-1270
    3800 points
  • Intel Core i5-4690
    4256 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E3-1270
    16320 points
  • Intel Core i5-4690
    15232 points

Points - higher is better