Intel Xeon X5680 vs W3680

older Released March, 2010

Intel Xeon X5680

3.33 GHz
Hexa core

Front view of Intel Xeon X5680

5.1 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X5680

Supports more RAM

294,912 MB

Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration

2

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older Released March, 2010

Intel Xeon W3680

3.33 GHz
Hexa core

Front view of Intel Xeon W3680

5.1 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the W3680

	Much better performance per dollar 1.38 pt/$		Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.51 GHz
	Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.85 GHz

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Xeon X5680 7.3 Xeon W3680 6.9 Xeon X5690 7.8
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Xeon X5680 8.3 Xeon W3680 8.5 Xeon X5690 8.5
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Xeon X5680 n.d. Xeon W3680 n.d. Xeon X5690 n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Xeon X5680 0.0 Xeon W3680 0.0 Xeon X5690 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Xeon X5680 5.0 Xeon W3680 5.0 Xeon X5690 5.0
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Xeon X5680 n.d. Xeon W3680 n.d. Xeon X5690 n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

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Intel Xeon X5680

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Supports more RAM

294,912 MB

vs

24,576 MB

Supports 12x more RAM

Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration

2

vs

1

Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration

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Intel Xeon W3680

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Much better performance per dollar

1.38 pt/$

vs

0.48 pt/$

Around 3x better performance per dollar

Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air)

4.51 GHz

vs

4.24 GHz

More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water)

4.85 GHz

vs

4.55 GHz

More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

21,510

14,118

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

2,414

2,561

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

1,560,000 MB/s

1,740,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

15,844

14,063

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

15,090

15,534

GeekBench

15,844

15,966

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

8,748

9,211

PassMark (Single Core)

1,452

1,521

summary	Xeon X5680	vs	W3680
Clock speed	3.33 GHz		3.33 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.6 GHz		3.6 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
power consumption
TDP	130W		130W
Annual home energy cost	31.32 $/year		31.32 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	113.88 $/year		113.88 $/year
Performance per watt	6.11 pt/W		6.29 pt/W
Typical power consumption	105.63W		105.63W
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in		Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3-800
DDR3
Channels	Triple Channel		Triple Channel
Supports ECC	Yes		Yes
Maximum bandwidth	31,999.98 MB/s		31,999.98 MB/s
Maximum memory size	294,912 MB		24,576 MB

details	Xeon X5680	vs	W3680
Architecture	x86-64		x86-64
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		1
Clock multiplier	25		25
Voltage range	0.75 - 1.35V		0.8 - 1.38V
Operating temperature	Unknown - 78.5°C		Unknown - 67.9°C
overclocking
Overclock popularity	4		2
Overclocked clock speed	4.24 GHz		4.51 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.55 GHz		4.85 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.24 GHz		4.51 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	QPI		QPI
Number of links	2		1
Data rate	51,200 MB/s		25,600 MB/s
Transfer rate	6,400 MT/s		6,400 MT/s
Clock speed	3,200 MHz		3,200 MHz

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