Intel Core i5-6500T vs Intel Xeon W3580

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1700 points

5% slightly better overall score

1617 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points

8% slightly better gaming score

2977 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

1234 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

1184 points

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2781 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2417 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

607 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.33 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

3.6 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

271% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

166% significantly more supported memory

24 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

775th of 1,089

785th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-6500T vs Xeon W3580 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6500T performs better than the Xeon W3580. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W3580 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon W3580 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon W3580 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500T. Also, the Xeon W3580 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6500T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W3580 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i5-6500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.