Intel Core i5 680 

Released April, 2010
  • 3.6 GHz
  • Dual core
6 Out of 10

CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the Intel Core i5 680 among desktop CPUs (45 to 75W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i5 680
6.1
Core i3 540
4.8
Core i5 650
5.1
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Core i5 680
6.8
Core i3 540
5.0
Core i5 650
5.9
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i5 680
n.d.
Core i3 540
n.d.
Core i5 650
n.d.
Fire Strike

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i5 680
n.d.
Core i3 540
n.d.
Core i5 650
n.d.
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i5 680
5.7
Core i3 540
4.3
Core i5 650
4.8
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i5 680
4.3
Core i3 540
6.0
Core i5 650
6.1
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
6

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Core i5 680
6.0
Core i3 540
5.0
Core i5 650
5.6

Benchmarks Real world tests of the Intel Core i5 680

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 680
5,318
Core i3 540
4,078
Core i5 650
4,709

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 680
2,558
Core i3 540
1,947
Core i5 650
2,168

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 680
1,790,000 MB/s
Core i3 540
123,300 MB/s
Core i5 650
1,550,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 680
5,339
Core i3 540
3,934
Core i5 650
4,675

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 680
5,800
Core i3 540
4,362
Core i5 650
4,902

GeekBench

Core i5 680
6,720
Core i3 540
5,930
Core i5 650
6,669

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i5 680
3,501
Core i3 540
2,694
Core i5 650
3,116

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i5 680
1,529
Core i3 540
1,220
Core i5 650
1,319

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

Clock speed 3.6 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3.86 GHz
Cores Dual core
Socket type LGA 1156
Is unlocked No

features

Has a NX bit Yes
Supports trusted computing Yes
Has virtualization support Yes
Instruction set extensions
  1. MMX
  2. AES
  3. SSE
  4. SSE2
  5. SSE4.1
  6. SSE3
  7. Supplemental SSE3
  8. SSE4.2
  9. SSE4
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes

power consumption

TDP 73W
Annual home energy cost 17.59 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 63.95 $/year
Performance per watt 10.08 pt/W
Typical power consumption 59.31W

bus

Architecture DMI
Number of links 1
Transfer rate 2,500 MT/s

details

Architecture x86-64
Threads 4 threads
L2 cache 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core
L3 cache 4 MB
L3 cache per core 2 MB/core
Manufacture process 32 nm
Transistor count 382,000,000
Max CPUs 1
Clock multiplier 27
Voltage range 0.65 - 1.4V
Operating temperature Unknown - 72.6°C

overclocking

Overclocked clock speed 4.81 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 5.05 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.81 GHz

integrated graphics

GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics
Number of displays supported 2
GPU clock speed 733 MHz

memory controller

Memory controller Built-in
Memory type
  1. DDR3-1333
  2. DDR3-1066
  3. DDR3
Channels Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth 21,333.32 MB/s
Maximum memory size 16,998.4 MB
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