Intel Core i3-10300 vs Intel Xeon X5680

Core i3-10300 vs Xeon X5680 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon X5680 is faster than the Core i3-10300. Despite this, the Core i3-10300 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon X5680 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-10300 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10300. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5680. Also, the Core i3-10300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10300 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5680 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i3-10300 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5680. The Core i3-10300 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-10300 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.