Intel Xeon X5482 vs Intel N97

Compare Intel Xeon 4 core CPU vs Intel 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

1637 points

1707 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2990 points

3251 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1256 points

1290 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1205 points

1238 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

60% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

783rd of 1,089

774th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2007 November

Xeon X5482 vs N97 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the N97 is faster than the Xeon X5482. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5482 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X5482 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the N97. In terms of cache, the Xeon X5482 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the N97

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. For instance, the Xeon X5482 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.