Intel Core i7-8705G vs Intel Xeon X5680

Core i7-8705G vs Xeon X5680 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon X5680 is faster than the Core i7-8705G. Despite this, the Core i7-8705G 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 i7-8705G has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8705G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5680 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8705G. Despite this, the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8705G 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-8705G has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon X5680. The Core i7-8705G 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 i7-8705G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.