Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 vs Intel Xeon X5670

Xeon E5-2660 v3 vs Xeon X5670 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon X5670 beats the Xeon E5-2660 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2660 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2660 v3 has significantly more cores than the Xeon X5670. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v3 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon X5670. 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 v3. Also, the Xeon X5670 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon X5670 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2660 v3 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 E5-2660 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.