Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 vs Intel Core m5-6Y57

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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core m5-6Y57
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Core m5-6Y57

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 and the Intel Core m5-6Y57 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 4 core processor released in Q2/2013 with the Intel Core m5-6Y57 which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2015.
Intel Xeon E3 (43) Family Intel Core M (16)
Intel Xeon E3 v3 (15) CPU group Intel Core M 6 (4)
4 Generation 6
Haswell S Architecture Skylake Y
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (3.70 GHz). The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Core m5-6Y57 clocks with 1.10 GHz (2.80 GHz), has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Characteristic Intel Core m5-6Y57
4 Cores 2
8 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.30 GHz Frequency 1.10 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.80 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.20 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Characteristic Intel Core m5-6Y57
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 515
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 24
-- Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 16 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 515
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 32 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3, while the Intel Core m5-6Y57 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 29.8 GB/s enabled.

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Characteristic Intel Core m5-6Y57
DDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR3-1866
32 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 29.8 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 10
-- PCIe Bandwidth 9.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 has a TDP of 80 W. The TDP of the Intel Core m5-6Y57 is 4.5 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Characteristic Intel Core m5-6Y57
80 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 4.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 has 8.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 22 nm. The cache of Intel Core m5-6Y57 is at 4.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Characteristic Intel Core m5-6Y57
22 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 1150 Socket BGA 1515
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q2/2013 Release date Q3/2015
210 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 (65%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 (32%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
983 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
644 (66%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
3754 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1195 (32%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1217 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
821 (67%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
4108 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1367 (33%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
334 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
158 (47%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1555 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
418 (27%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
6777 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
2353 (35%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
144 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
117 (81%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
722 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
227 (31%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
54 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
241 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
Intel HD Graphics 515 @ 0.90 GHz
346 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
1899 (100%)
Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Core m5-6Y57
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