Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 vs Intel Xeon X5650

Xeon E5-2680 v4 vs Xeon X5650 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2680 v4 performs better than the Xeon X5650. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5650 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Xeon X5650 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon X5650. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5650 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon X5650 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2680 v4 thanks to a 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 E5-2680 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.