Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3 vs Intel Core i7-980X

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3 and Intel Core i7-980X. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

939Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score649
3571Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3443
7187PassMark CPU Mark Rating6745
2183PassMark Single Thread Rating1526
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score4192

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3ProcessorIntel Core i7-980X
3500 MHzFrequency3330 MHz
3900 MHzMaximum Frequency3600 MHz
4Cores6
8Threads12
84 WTDP130 W
HaswellCodenameGulftown
Socket 1150 LGAPackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

906Single-Core Score651
3018Multi-Core Score3651
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
MSI MS-7823ModelEUROCOM Panther 2.0
MSI B85M-G43 (MS-7823)MotherboardEUROCOM Panther 2.0

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3NameIntel Core i7-980X
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
3.90 GHzBase Frequency3.34 GHz
Maximum Frequency3599 MHz
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
CodenameGulftown
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
256 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 6
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

31.23 GBSize12.00 GB
Frequency666 MHz
TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

906Single-Core Score651
1255Crypto Score597
845Integer Score655
979Floating Point Score 650
1255
2.14 GB/sec
AES-XTS597
1.02 GB/sec
759
3.84 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)863
4.36 MB/sec
921
43.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression750
35.5 Mpixels/sec
819
2.31 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)730
2.06 MTE/sec
847
994.7 KElements/sec
HTML5624
732.1 KElements/sec
907
284.1 Krows/sec
SQLite597
186.9 Krows/sec
841
45.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering632
34.3 Mpixels/sec
845
269.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering561
178.6 KB/sec
885
6.90 Klines/sec
Clang620
4.83 Klines/sec
798
9.25 images/sec
Camera577
6.69 images/sec
789
986.7 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics577
722.4 Kpairs/sec
936
5797.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics660
4088.4 FPS
815
44.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur493
27.1 Mpixels/sec
875
6.74 images/sec
Face Detection681
5.24 images/sec
853
21.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection698
17.2 Mpixels/sec
1608
78.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1129
55.4 Mpixels/sec
1770
24.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR1104
15.0 Mpixels/sec
1148
922.0 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing702
563.8 Kpixels/sec
801
7.18 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion459
4.11 Kpixels/sec
831
26.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition796
25.4 Words/sec
810
31.3 images/sec
Machine Learning308
11.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3018Multi-Core Score3651
3524Crypto Score3653
2869Integer Score3670
3257Floating Point Score 3610
3524
6.01 GB/sec
AES-XTS3653
6.23 GB/sec
3135
15.9 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)5604
28.3 MB/sec
3433
162.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression4817
227.9 Mpixels/sec
2129
6.00 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2606
7.35 MTE/sec
2583
3.03 MElements/sec
HTML53762
4.42 MElements/sec
3196
1.00 Mrows/sec
SQLite3836
1.20 Mrows/sec
2869
155.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4067
220.7 Mpixels/sec
2897
923.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering2699
859.8 KB/sec
2666
20.8 Klines/sec
Clang4035
31.4 Klines/sec
3144
36.4 images/sec
Camera2685
31.1 images/sec
3284
4.11 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3597
4.50 Mpairs/sec
3470
21500.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics4736
29342.7 FPS
3083
169.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur3013
165.6 Mpixels/sec
3335
25.7 images/sec
Face Detection4235
32.6 images/sec
3070
75.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection4215
103.9 Mpixels/sec
4438
217.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5331
261.5 Mpixels/sec
6035
82.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR6896
94.0 Mpixels/sec
4907
3.94 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4545
3.65 Mpixels/sec
2842
25.5 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2787
25.0 Kpixels/sec
2176
69.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2691
86.0 Words/sec
1497
57.9 images/sec
Machine Learning1183
45.7 images/sec