Intel Xeon X5670 vs Intel Core i7 X 990

Xeon X5670 vs Core i7 X 990 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5670 performs better than the Core i7 X 990. Despite this, the Core i7 X 990 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 Core i7 X 990 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5670. In terms of cache, the Core i7 X 990 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5670

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. Indeed, the Xeon X5670 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.