Intel Xeon X5680 vs AMD Athlon II X2 275 |
Released March, 2010
Intel Xeon X5680
- 3.33 GHz
- Hexa core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X5680
 | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | | More threads 12 |
| | More cores 6 | | Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 2 |
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AMD Athlon II X2 275
- 3.5 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 275
| | Much lower typical power consumption 52.81W | | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core |
| | Slightly higher clock speed 3.5 GHz | | Much lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| More threads | 12 | vs | 2 | 10 more threads | |||
| More cores | 6 | vs | 2 | Three times as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 52.81W | vs | 105.63W | 2x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.33 MB/core | More than 3x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Slightly higher clock speed | 3.5 GHz | vs | 3.33 GHz | More than 5% higher clock speed | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | vs | 31.32 $/year | 2x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | vs | 113.88 $/year | 2x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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Features Key features of the Xeon X5680 vs Athlon II X2 275
clock speed
L2 cache
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon X5680 | vs | Athlon II X2 275 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.33 GHz | 3.5 GHz | |
| Cores | Hexa core | Dual core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
details | Xeon X5680 | vs | Athlon II X2 275 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 12 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.33 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 2 | 1 | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 130W | 65W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 31.32 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 113.88 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 105.63W | 52.81W | |
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| Clock speed | 3,200 MHz | 2,000 MHz | |
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