Comparison of Intel Core i5-7640X and Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6

Attribute	Intel Core i5-7640X ×	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6 ×
General Information
Brand	Intel	Intel
Series	Intel Core i5	Intel Xeon E3
Model	Intel Core i5-7640X	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	4	4
Frequency (GHz)	4	3.5
CPU Threads	8	8
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	+	-
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4.2	3.9
Turbo (4 Cores) (GHz)	4.2	3.7
Encryption
AES-NI	+	+
Hardware codec support
JPEG	No	No
h264	No	No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No	No
VP8	No	No
AV1	No	No
VC-1	No	No
VP9	No	No
AVC	No	No
Memory And PCIe
Memory type	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2400
PCIe lanes	16	16
PCIe version	3.0	3.0
ECC	-	+
Memory channels	2	2
Technical details
Release date (year)	2017	2017
Technology (Nm)	14	14
Socket	LGA 2066	LGA 1151
Virtualization	vt-d vt-x	vt-d vt-x vt-x ept
L3-Cache (MB)	6	8
Architecture	Kaby Lake-X	Kaby-Lake
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
TDP (PL1) (W)	112	72
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	9,215	10,160
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1,153	1,035
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	3,644	3,996
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	180	173
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	720	836
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)	2.2	2.04
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	7.64	9.19
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)	4,489	4,442
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)	14,204	15,717