Comparing Intel Core i7-3970X vs Intel Core i7-3970X

description_compare Intel Core i7-3970X and Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

• Name
  Intel Core i7-3970X Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition Intel Xeon E3
• Generation
  3 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000X Intel Xeon E3 v3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 3.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.00 GHz 3.70 GHz
• CPU Threads
  12 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  4 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  150 W 80 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d (C2 Stepping) VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  15.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge E Haswell S
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  LGA 2011 LGA 1150
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q2/2013

• Used in
  Unknown Unknown