Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Xeon X5680

Core i7-4790 vs Xeon X5680 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon X5680 is faster than the Core i7-4790. Despite this, the Core i7-4790 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon X5680 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4790. Indeed, the Xeon X5680 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4790. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon X5680. Also, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4790 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 i7-4790 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5680. The Core i7-4790 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-4790 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.