Which one of the central processing units is better: Intel Core i7-5960X or Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6? On this page we compare the technical data and benchmark results of different CPUs.
The Intel Core i7-5960X has 8 cores and 16 threads with maximum working frequency of 3.50 GHz. The Intel Core i7-5960X was released on Q3/2014.
The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6 has 4 cores with 16 threads and 3.50 GHz of frequency. The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6 was released on Q1/2017.