Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 vs Intel Xeon X5670

Xeon E5-2660 v2 vs Xeon X5670 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2660 v2 performs better than the Xeon X5670. Despite this, the Xeon X5670 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Xeon X5670 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon X5670. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5670 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v2. Also, the Xeon X5670 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 Xeon E5-2660 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.