Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 vs Intel Xeon X5670

Xeon E5-1650 v2 vs Xeon X5670 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon X5670 beats the Xeon E5-1650 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1650 v2 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5670. Also, the Xeon E5-1650 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon X5670 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-1650 v2 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 Xeon E5-1650 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.