Intel Xeon E5-2690 vs Intel Xeon X5680

Xeon E5-2690 vs Xeon X5680 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 performs better than the Xeon X5680. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5680 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2690 has slightly more cores than the Xeon X5680. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon X5680. It also has more threads than the Xeon X5680. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5680 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2690 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon X5680 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2690 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 E5-2690 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.