Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 vs Intel Xeon X5680

Compare Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2685 points

4570 points

70% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4156 points

4503 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2246 points

4578 points

103% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2159 points

4568 points

111% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.40 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

56.43 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3742 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2584 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1145 points

114% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

535 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3690 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2476 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1181 points

121% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

532 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.33 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

80 W

62% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

288 GiB

800% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

594th of 1,089

383rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E3-1240 v3 vs Xeon X5680 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5680 performs better than the Xeon E3-1240 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1240 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon X5680 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Xeon E3-1240 v3 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1240 v3. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1240 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5680. Also, the Xeon E3-1240 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E3-1240 v3 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 more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1240 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.