Intel Core i7-4770 vs Intel Xeon X5680

Core i7-4770 vs Xeon X5680 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon X5680 beats the Core i7-4770 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4770 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon X5680 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-4770 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4770. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4770 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5680. Also, the Core i7-4770 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4770 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 i7-4770 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5680. The Core i7-4770 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 i7-4770 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.