Intel Xeon X5679 vs X5675 |
Released February, 2011
Intel Xeon X5679
- 3.2 GHz
- Hexa core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X5679
 | Higher clock speed 3.2 GHz | | Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.51 GHz |
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Released February, 2011
Intel Xeon X5675
- 3.06 GHz
- Hexa core
Reasons to buy the X5675
| | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.77 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Higher clock speed | 3.2 GHz | vs | 3.06 GHz | Around 5% higher clock speed | |||
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| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.51 GHz | vs | 4.29 GHz | More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
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| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.77 GHz | vs | 3.2 GHz | Around 50% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon X5679 vs X5675
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
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon X5679 | vs | X5675 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.06 GHz | |
| Cores | Hexa core | Hexa core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 1366 | |||
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 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | QPI | QPI | |
| Number of links | 2 | 2 | |
| Data rate | 51,200 MB/s | 51,200 MB/s | |
| Transfer rate | 6,400 MT/s | 6,400 MT/s | |
| Clock speed | 3,200 MHz | 3,200 MHz | |
details | Xeon X5679 | vs | X5675 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 12 | 12 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.33 MB/core | 0.33 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 12 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 2 | 2 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.51 GHz | 4.29 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.2 GHz | 4.77 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.51 GHz | 4.29 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| Typical power consumption | N/A | 77.19W | |
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