Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 vs Core i7 4770K

older Released April, 2013

Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3

	Much better performance per dollar 6.2 pt/$		Much better performance per watt 21.46 pt/W
	Supports trusted computing Yes

older Released June, 2013

Reasons to buy the Core i7 4770K

	Has a built-in GPU Yes		Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.48 GHz
	Better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score 14,184		Better geekbench 3 single core score 3,689

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Xeon E3-1240 v3 6.9 Core i7 4770K 7.0 Core i7 4790K 7.2
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Xeon E3-1240 v3 9.6 Core i7 4770K 9.8 Core i7 4790K 10.0
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Xeon E3-1240 v3 n.d. Core i7 4770K n.d. Core i7 4790K n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Xeon E3-1240 v3 0.0 Core i7 4770K 9.1 Core i7 4790K 8.9
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Xeon E3-1240 v3 5.1 Core i7 4770K 5.5 Core i7 4790K 5.4
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Xeon E3-1240 v3 n.d. Core i7 4770K n.d. Core i7 4790K n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

9.2	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Xeon E3-1240 v3 5.3 Core i7 4770K 9.2 Core i7 4790K 9.2

Winner
Intel Core i7 4770K

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Core i7 4770K based on its performance.

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3

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Much better performance per dollar

6.2 pt/$

3.83 pt/$

More than 60% better performance per dollar

Much better performance per watt

21.46 pt/W

11.31 pt/W

Around 90% better performance per watt

Supports trusted computing

Yes

Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i7 4770K

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Has a built-in GPU

Yes

Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required

Better overclocked clock speed (Air)

4.48 GHz

3.71 GHz

More than 20% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score

14,184

13,058

Around 10% better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score

Better geekbench 3 single core score

3,689

3,371

Around 10% better geekbench 3 single core score

Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water)

4.55 GHz

3.4 GHz

Around 35% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

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Apr, 2013

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GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1240 v3

13,058

Core i7 4770K

14,184

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1240 v3

3,371

Core i7 4770K

3,689

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1240 v3

4,330,000 MB/s

Core i7 4770K

4,810,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1240 v3

12,939

Core i7 4770K

14,351

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1240 v3

13,381

Core i7 4770K

15,778

GeekBench

Xeon E3-1240 v3

13,381

Core i7 4770K

18,498

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Xeon E3-1240 v3

9,706

Core i7 4770K

10,016

PassMark (Single Core)

Xeon E3-1240 v3

2,191

Core i7 4770K

2,165

summary	Xeon E3-1240 v3	Core i7 4770K
Clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.9 GHz
Cores	Quad core	Quad core
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	Yes	No
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
F16C
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
EM64T
SSE
SSE4.1
FMA3
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	80W	84W
Annual home energy cost	19.27 $/year	20.24 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	70.08 $/year	73.58 $/year
Performance per watt	21.46 pt/W	11.31 pt/W
Typical power consumption	65W	68.25W
bus
Architecture	DMI	DMI 2.0
Number of links	0	0
Transfer rate	5,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

details	Xeon E3-1240 v3	Core i7 4770K
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	8	8
L3 cache	8 MB	8 MB
L3 cache per core	2 MB/core	2 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm	22 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.71 GHz	4.48 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.4 GHz	4.55 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.71 GHz	4.48 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	None	GPU
Label	N/A	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Number of displays supported	N/A	3
GPU clock speed	N/A	350 MHz
Turbo clock speed	N/A	1,250 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	Yes	No
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size	32,768 MB	32,768 MB

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Comments

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Andre De Guerin (06:18 AM, August 11, 2020)

Wonders if an E3 based machine would make a good DL rig: as most of the computation is done in the graphics cards anyway all the CPU has to do is keep up with them. Not too sure about GTX760 *2 but still lots cheaper than a used 1080Ti.

Paul Mwansa (09:13 AM, June 11, 2016)

please help which Intel Xeon processor can be good for modelling in 3d max

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