Intel Xeon W-2223 vs Intel Xeon X5680

Compare Intel Xeon W 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon X5680

Price

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$ 349.95

$ 147.98

$ 201.97 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3013 points

4570 points

51% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4813 points

6% slightly better gaming score

4503 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2477 points

4578 points

84% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2376 points

4568 points

92% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

68.45 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

56.43 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4602 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2476 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1286 points

141% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

532 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.33 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W

8% slightly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

33% slightly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

539th of 1,089

383rd of 1,089

Family

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Xeon W

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon W-2223 vs Xeon X5680 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5680 performs better than the Xeon W-2223. Despite this, the Xeon W-2223 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon X5680 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Xeon W-2223 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2223. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W-2223 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5680. Also, the Xeon W-2223 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon W-2223 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 W-2223 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.