Intel Xeon X5670 vs E5-2450L

older Released March, 2010

Intel Xeon X5670

2.93 GHz
Hexa core

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5.4 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X5670

	Much higher clock speed 2.93 GHz		Much higher turbo clock speed 3.33 GHz
	Much better performance per watt 8.54 pt/W		More l2 cache per core 0.33 MB/core

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older Released May, 2012

Intel Xeon E5-2450L

1.8 GHz
Octa core

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5 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the E5-2450L

	Much more l3 cache 20 MB		More threads 16
	Lower typical power consumption 56.88W		Supports more RAM 393,216 MB

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Xeon X5670 6.3 Xeon E5-2450L 6.2 Core i7 3770 6.2
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Xeon X5670 8.3 Xeon E5-2450L 6.5 Core i7 3770 9.3
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Xeon X5670 n.d. Xeon E5-2450L n.d. Core i7 3770 n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Xeon X5670 0.0 Xeon E5-2450L 0.0 Core i7 3770 5.2
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Xeon X5670 5.0 Xeon E5-2450L 5.1 Core i7 3770 5.2
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Xeon X5670 n.d. Xeon E5-2450L n.d. Core i7 3770 8.2
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

5.4	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Xeon X5670 5.4 Xeon E5-2450L 5.0 Core i7 3770 8.3

Winner
Intel Xeon X5670

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Xeon X5670 based on its single-core performance and value.

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Xeon X5670

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Much higher clock speed

2.93 GHz

vs

1.8 GHz

Around 65% higher clock speed

Much higher turbo clock speed

3.33 GHz

vs

2.3 GHz

Around 45% higher turbo clock speed

Much better performance per watt

8.54 pt/W

vs

3.29 pt/W

More than 2.5x better performance per watt

More l2 cache per core

0.33 MB/core

vs

0.25 MB/core

Around 35% more l2 cache per core

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Intel Xeon E5-2450L

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Much more l3 cache

20 MB

vs

12 MB

More than 65% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later

More threads

16

vs

12

4 more threads

Lower typical power consumption

56.88W

vs

77.19W

More than 25% lower typical power consumption

Supports more RAM

393,216 MB

vs

294,912 MB

Supports around 35% more RAM

More l3 cache per core

2.5 MB/core

vs

2 MB/core

25% more l3 cache per core

Lower annual commercial energy cost

61.32 $/year

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83.22 $/year

More than 25% lower annual commercial energy cost

Lower annual home energy cost

16.86 $/year

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22.89 $/year

More than 25% lower annual home energy cost

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May, 2012

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Mar, 2010

Release date over 2 years later

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

24,364

20,296

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

2,341

1,640

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

1,590,000 MB/s

1,360 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

8,013

7,389

PassMark (Single Core)

1,347

1,114

summary	Xeon X5670	vs	E5-2450L
Clock speed	2.93 GHz		1.8 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.33 GHz		2.3 GHz
Cores	Hexa core		Octa core
features
Has a NX bit	Yes		Yes
Supports trusted computing	Yes		Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes		Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes		Yes
power consumption
TDP	95W		70W
Annual home energy cost	22.89 $/year		16.86 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	83.22 $/year		61.32 $/year
Performance per watt	8.54 pt/W		3.29 pt/W
Typical power consumption	77.19W		56.88W
bus
Architecture	QPI		QPI
Number of links	2		1
Data rate	51,200 MB/s		32,000 MB/s
Transfer rate	6,400 MT/s		8,000 MT/s
Clock speed	3,200 MHz		4,000 MHz

details	Xeon X5670	vs	E5-2450L
Architecture	x86-64		x86-64
Threads	12		16
L2 cache	2 MB		2 MB
L2 cache per core	0.33 MB/core		0.25 MB/core
L3 cache	12 MB		20 MB
L3 cache per core	2 MB/core		2.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	32 nm		32 nm
Max CPUs	2		2
Voltage range	0.75 - 1.35V		0.6 - 1.35V
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
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in		Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3
DDR3-800
Channels	Triple Channel		Triple Channel
Supports ECC	Yes		Yes
Maximum bandwidth	31,999.98 MB/s		38,400 MB/s
Maximum memory size	294,912 MB		393,216 MB

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