Intel Xeon X5680 vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Xeon X5680 vs Core i5-1235U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1235U is faster than the Xeon X5680. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5680 in all gaming tests too.

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.