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Released May, 2010
Intel Xeon X3480
- 3.06 GHz
- Quad core
5.4 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X3480
 | Much lower typical power consumption 77.19W | | Much lower annual home energy cost 22.89 $/year |
| | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 83.22 $/year | | Better performance per watt 2.04 pt/W |
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Released July, 2009
Intel Core i7 870
- 2.93 GHz
- Quad core
5.2 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Core i7 870
| | Significantly better performance per dollar 0.66 pt/$ | | Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.1 GHz |
| | Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.28 GHz |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of X3480 vs 870 among all CPUs
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Sky Diver and Cloud Gate | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 5.4 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 77.19W | vs | 121W | More than 35% lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Much lower annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | vs | 42.57 $/year | More than 45% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | vs | 120.89 $/year | More than 30% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Better performance per watt | 2.04 pt/W | vs | 1.11 pt/W | Around 85% better performance per watt | |||
| Newer | May, 2010 | vs | Jul, 2009 | Release date 11 months later | |||
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| Significantly better performance per dollar | 0.66 pt/$ | vs | 0.31 pt/$ | Around 2.2x better performance per dollar | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.1 GHz | vs | 3.78 GHz | Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.28 GHz | vs | 3.07 GHz | Around 40% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon X3480 vs Core i7 870
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon X3480 | vs | Core i7 870 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.06 GHz | 2.93 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.73 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 1156 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 95W | 95W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 42.57 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 120.89 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 2.04 pt/W | 1.11 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 121W | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3-1066 | |||
| DDR3-800 | |||
| DDR3 | |||
| Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
| Supports ECC | Yes | No | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 21,333.32 MB/s | 21,333.32 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 32,768 MB | 16,384 MB | |
details | Xeon X3480 | vs | Core i7 870 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 8 | 8 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 45 nm | |
| Transistor count | 774,000,000 | 774,000,000 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 23 | 22 | |
| Voltage range | 0.65 - 1.4V | 0.65 - 1.4V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 72.7°C | Unknown - 72.7°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.78 GHz | 4.1 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.07 GHz | 4.28 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.78 GHz | 4.1 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI | DMI | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Transfer rate | 2,500 MT/s | 2,500 MT/s | |
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