Intel Xeon W3580 vs Intel Core i7-920

Xeon W3580 vs Core i7-920 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon W3580 beats the Core i7-920 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-920 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W3580 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-920. Also, the Xeon W3580 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-920 has more L2 cache than the Xeon W3580

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.