Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Xeon X5670

Core i7-4790 vs Xeon X5670 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon X5670 is faster than the Core i7-4790. Despite this, the Core i7-4790 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon X5670 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-4790 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5670. Also, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4790 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5670 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon X5670 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4790. The Xeon X5670 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 i7-4790 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.