Intel Xeon X5680 vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Xeon X5680 vs Core i5-1235U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon X5680 is faster than the Core i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores than the Xeon X5680. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon X5680. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X5680 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U outputs less heat than Xeon X5680 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i5-1235U has more L2 cache than the Xeon X5680. The Core i5-1235U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 X5680 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.