Intel Xeon X5670 vs E5-2660 v3 |
Released March, 2010
Intel Xeon X5670
- 2.93 GHz
- Hexa core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X5670
 | Much higher clock speed 2.93 GHz | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.29 GHz |
| | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 81.3 °C | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.5 GHz |
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Released July, 2014
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
- 2.6 GHz
- Deca core
Reasons to buy the E5-2660 v3
| | Much more l3 cache 25 MB | | Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,820 |
| | Supports more RAM 786,432 MB | | More threads 20 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much higher clock speed | 2.93 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz | Around 15% higher clock speed | |||
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| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.29 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz | More than 65% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 81.3 °C | vs | 79 °C | Around 5% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.5 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz | Around 75% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
| Lower typical power consumption | 77.19W | vs | 85.31W | Around 10% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Lower annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | vs | 91.98 $/year | Around 10% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Lower annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | vs | 25.29 $/year | Around 10% lower annual home energy cost | |||
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| Much more l3 cache | 25 MB | vs | 12 MB | More than 2x more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much better PassMark (Single core) score | 1,820 | vs | 1,347 | More than 35% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
| Supports more RAM | 786,432 MB | vs | 294,912 MB | Supports around 2.8x more RAM | |||
| More threads | 20 | vs | 12 | 8 more threads | |||
| Newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| More l3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | vs | 2 MB/core | 25% more l3 cache per core | |||
| Newer | Jul, 2014 | vs | Mar, 2010 | Release date over 4 years later | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon X5670 vs E5-2660 v3
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon X5670 | vs | E5-2660 v3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.93 GHz | 2.6 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.33 GHz | 3.3 GHz | |
| Cores | Hexa core | Deca 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 | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 95W | 105W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 25.29 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 91.98 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 8.54 pt/W | 13.11 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 85.31W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | QPI | QPI | |
| Number of links | 2 | 2 | |
| Data rate | 51,200 MB/s | 76,800 MB/s | |
| Transfer rate | 6,400 MT/s | 9,600 MT/s | |
| Clock speed | 3,200 MHz | 4,800 MHz | |
details | Xeon X5670 | vs | E5-2660 v3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 12 | 20 | |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 25 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 2.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 22 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 2 | 2 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 81.3°C | Unknown - 79°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.29 GHz | 2.6 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.5 GHz | 2.6 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.29 GHz | 2.6 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 | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3-1066 | |||
| DDR3 | |||
| DDR3-800 | |||
| DDR | |||
| Channels | Triple Channel | Quad Channel | |
| Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 31,999.98 MB/s | 6,400 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 294,912 MB | 786,432 MB | |
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