Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 vs Intel Xeon X5680

Xeon E5-2676 v3 vs Xeon X5680 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2676 v3 performs better than the Xeon X5680. Despite this, the Xeon X5680 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2676 v3 has significantly more cores than the Xeon X5680. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2676 v3 has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon X5680. It also has more threads than the Xeon X5680. A Xeon E5-2676 v3 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.

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 E5-2676 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.