Intel Xeon W5580 vs W3580

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Combined performance score

Xeon W3580
2.35
+7.3%

W3580 outperforms W5580 by 7% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon W3580 and Xeon W5580 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking16661716
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.178.72
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameBloomfield (2008−2010)Gainestown (2009−2010)
Release dateAugust 2009 (14 years old)March 2009 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$215$102
Current price$375 (1.7x MSRP)$675 (6.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W5580 has 645% better value for money than Xeon W3580.

Technical specs

Xeon W3580 and Xeon W5580 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed3.33 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.46 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size263 mm2263 mm2
Maximum core temperature68 °C67 °C
Number of transistors731 million731 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3580 and Xeon W5580 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration12
SocketFCLGA1366FCLGA1366
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3580 and Xeon W5580. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI--
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.01.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-no data
Demand Based Switching++
PAE36 Bit40 Bit
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Xeon W3580 and Xeon W5580 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W3580 and Xeon W5580 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3580 and Xeon W5580. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size24 GB144 GB
Max memory channels33
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/s32 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon W3580 2.35
+7.3%
Xeon W5580 2.19

W3580 outperforms W5580 by 7% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon W3580 3609
+7.2%
Xeon W5580 3368

W3580 outperforms W5580 by 7% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon W3580 607
+10%
Xeon W5580 552

W3580 outperforms W5580 by 10% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon W3580 2417
+12.7%
Xeon W5580 2145

W3580 outperforms W5580 by 13% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.35 2.19
Cost $215 $102

We couldn't decide between Xeon W3580 and Xeon W5580. The differences in performance seem too small.


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