Intel Xeon E5-2660 vs Intel Xeon X5647

Xeon E5-2660 vs Xeon X5647 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2660 performs better than the Xeon X5647. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5647 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2660 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Xeon X5647 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon X5647. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X5647 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660. Also, the Xeon X5647 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E5-2660 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5647 CPU because of its slightly 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 E5-2660 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.