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| Intel Xeon X5687 vs X5680 |
Released February, 2011
Intel Xeon X5687
- 3.6 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X5687
![]() | Significantly higher clock speed 3.6 GHz | ![]() | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 80.4 °C |
![]() | Higher turbo clock speed 3.86 GHz | ![]() | Much more l3 cache per core 3 MB/core |
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Released March, 2010
Intel Xeon X5680
- 3.33 GHz
- Hexa core
Reasons to buy the X5680
![]() | Much more l2 cache 2 MB | ![]() | More cores 6 |
![]() | More threads 12 | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.55 GHz |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of X5687 vs X5680 among all CPUs
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more |
No winner declared
Too close to call
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| ![]() | Intel Xeon X5680CPUBoss Winner |
Differences What are the advantages of each
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Significantly higher clock speed | 3.6 GHz | vs | 3.33 GHz | Around 10% higher clock speed | |||
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Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 80.4 °C | vs | 78.5 °C | Almost the same | |||
Higher turbo clock speed | 3.86 GHz | vs | 3.6 GHz | More than 5% higher turbo clock speed | |||
Much more l3 cache per core | 3 MB/core | vs | 2 MB/core | 50% more l3 cache per core | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.59 GHz | vs | 4.24 GHz | Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Newer | Feb, 2011 | vs | Mar, 2010 | Release date 11 months later | |||
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Much more l2 cache | 2 MB | vs | 1 MB | 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
More cores | 6 | vs | 4 | 2 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
More threads | 12 | vs | 8 | 4 more threads | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.55 GHz | vs | 3.6 GHz | More than 25% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
More l2 cache per core | 0.33 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core | Around 35% more l2 cache per core |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon X5687 vs X5680
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon X5687
10,783
Xeon X5680
21,510
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon X5687
2,416
Xeon X5680
2,414
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon X5687
1,510,000 MB/s
Xeon X5680
1,560,000 MB/s
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Xeon X5687
7,130
Xeon X5680
8,748
PassMark (Single Core)
Xeon X5687
1,574
Xeon X5680
1,452
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon X5687 | vs | X5680 |
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Clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.33 GHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 3.86 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
Cores | Quad 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 | 5.4 pt/W | 6.11 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 | 294,912 MB |
details | Xeon X5687 | vs | X5680 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 8 | 12 | |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.33 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 12 MB | 12 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 3 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 2 | 2 | |
Clock multiplier | 27 | 25 | |
Voltage range | 0.75 - 1.35V | 0.75 - 1.35V | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 80.4°C | Unknown - 78.5°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclock popularity | 1 | 4 | |
Overclocked clock speed | 4.59 GHz | 4.24 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.6 GHz | 4.55 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.59 GHz | 4.24 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 | 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 |
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