Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Xeon X5670

Core i7-2600 vs Xeon X5670 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2600 performs better than the Xeon X5670. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5670 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon X5670 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-2600. Indeed, the Xeon X5670 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-2600. It also has more threads than the Core i7-2600. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5670. Also, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.