Intel Core i7-3930K vs Intel Xeon X5680

Core i7-3930K vs Xeon X5680 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon X5680 is faster than the Core i7-3930K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3930K 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 Xeon X5680 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3930K. Despite this, the Core i7-3930K 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.

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 i7-3930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.