Intel Xeon X5680 vs Intel Core i5-1245U

Xeon X5680 vs Core i5-1245U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-1245U performs better than the Xeon X5680. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5680 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1245U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Xeon X5680 that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5680 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1245U. Despite this, the Core i5-1245U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1245U 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 i5-1245U has more L2 cache than the Xeon X5680. The Core i5-1245U also has significantly more 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 X5680 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.