Intel Xeon W3580 vs Intel Core i7-960

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

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Intel Core i7-960

Price

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$ 375.00

$ 150.00

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1617 points

1995 points

23% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2977 points

3216 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1234 points

1629 points

32% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1184 points

1563 points

32% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2417 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1700 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

607 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

503 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.33 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

3.46 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W

Identical

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

24 GiB

Identical

24 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

785th of 1,089

719th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 August

2009 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon W3580 vs Core i7-960 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-960 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon W3580 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-960. 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.

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.