Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2 vs Intel Core i7-3770

Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2
Intel Socket 1155SERVER
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2012
Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2
Intel Core i7-3770
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i7-3770

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770
    102%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770
    113%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2
    109%
  • Intel Core i7-3770
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2

9% higher multi threaded performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3770

13% higher single threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2Intel Core i7-3770
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
ECC

Architecture

Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2Intel Core i7-3770
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketServervsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy BridgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateMay 2012vsApr 2012

Cores

Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2Intel Core i7-3770
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4000

Cache

Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2Intel Core i7-3770
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 E3-1290 v2Intel Core i7-3770
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size160mm²vs160mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2Intel Core i7-3770
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP87 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2
    4223 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770
    4017 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2
    18292 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770
    16809 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2 (simulated)
    123
  • Intel Core i7-3770 (simulated)
    139

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2 (simulated)
    708.02
  • Intel Core i7-3770 (simulated)
    647.94

points - higher is better