Intel Xeon E5-2670 vs Intel Xeon X5680

Xeon E5-2670 vs Xeon X5680 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5680 performs better than the Xeon E5-2670. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2670 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2670 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Xeon X5680 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon X5680. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X5680 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2670. Also, the Xeon X5680 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E5-2670 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5680 CPU because of its 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 E5-2670 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.