Intel Xeon W3580 vs Intel Xeon X3440

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1617 points
3% slightly better overall score
1566 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2977 points
17% slightly better gaming score
2537 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1234 points
1279 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1184 points
1227 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.33 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
2.54 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed
2.93 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W
95 W
36% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

3
49% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

24 GiB
32 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
Identical
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

785th of 1,089
791st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 August
2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Xeon W3580 vs Xeon X3440 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon W3580 performs better than the Xeon X3440. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X3440 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon W3580 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon X3440. Also, the Xeon W3580 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon X3440 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. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon W3580 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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