Intel Xeon W3580 vs Intel Core i7-870

Xeon W3580 vs Core i7-870 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-870 performs better than the Xeon W3580. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W3580 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W3580 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-870. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-870 outputs less heat than Xeon W3580 thanks to a 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 W3580 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.