5960X vs E5-2630v3

[Rojlani]

I just cant decide which one to buy.

According to anandtech.com, is the i7 almost always better.

I don't understand how a server CPU could step back from a gaming one in non-gaming tasks.

Please help me.

Thanks

 

[TechyInAZ]

The Xeons are usually around 1Ghz slower than the i7 and i5s. Which makes them slower in single threaded apps.

 

[ak47jar3d]

Four faster cores is better for gaming at the moment. So unless you are going 3 or 4 way sli, I don't recommend 5960x as i7 4790k will be more than enough. If you are set on those two, 5960x will win in pretty much any benchmark.

 

[Rojlani]

Why will it win almost every benchmark?

You say the Xeon is stuck with only ECC as an advantage?

I expect this Xeon to be better at, for example, rendering and server-tasks. How does it come not to be so?

Server-tasks - i can't see how it is possible.

 

[Eettwartti]

The i7-5960x should win in both gaming, and rendering. Both of the cpus are handpicked, the i7 to be the best overclocking one, and the xeon to be the most reliable. So the xeon is better for server task since its more reliable than the i7-5960x. i7-5960x wins in very other aspect

They both have 8 cores and 16 logical cores.
They both have 20MB L3 cache
But the i7 has overclocking possibility, and already a higher clockspeed to begin with. So I do not know how a 8 core xeon would beat in any other manner than being more reliable. You have to keep in mind that the i7 extreme is also handpicked to be reliable and most potential to overlock.
I would go with the i7-5960x especially if you are gaming and using it for your other personal matters too. The i7-5960x is just better. Hope this helped you in deciding.
And you dont really need ECC 128gb ram solution unless you're doing some heavy server stuff. Besides if you are doing server stuff you should get a dedicated pc for it anyways. For that you should buy a xeon and get the ECC ram. For gaming and rendering 100% go with i7-5960x

ps. I would go with the i7-5960x in instant.

 

[Rojlani]

Good say Eettwartti,

But i just spent not little time and see what i fould - so many Xeons and i7s with a max of 5% gaming performance difference.

And looking at the results from the previous page on the link, the Xeons are often better.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8584/intel-xeon-e5-2687w-v3-and-e5-2650-v3-review-haswell-ep-with-10-cores/4

 

[CTurbo]

This is not a fair comparison at all. You are comparing a 85w cpu that runs @ 2.4/3.2ghz to an unlocked 140w cpu that runs @ 3.0/3.5ghz. The Xeon is also $400 cheaper. The results are as to be expected.

The questions are, what is the purpose of this build? What are the rest of the parts? What is your budget?

There are HUNDREDS of Xeon models ranging from 2 to 18 cores. Many of them are rebranded i5s and i7s.