Intel Core i5-11600K vs Intel Xeon X5680

Core i5-11600K vs Xeon X5680 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11600K beats the Xeon X5680 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5680 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5680. Also, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11600K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5680 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-11600K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5680. The Core i5-11600K also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.