Xeon E7-2803 vs X5680

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5680 and Xeon E7-2803 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1366not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.41no data
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E7
Power efficiency3.14no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Westmere-EX (2011)
Release date14 February 2010 (14 years ago)3 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$172$774

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon X5680 and Xeon E7-2803 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1212
Base clock speed3.33 GHz1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz1.73 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data4.8 GT/s
Multiplierno data13
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size239 mm2513 mm2
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data64 °C
Number of transistors1,170 million2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5680 and Xeon E7-2803 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 configuration22 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366FCLGA1567,LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5680 and Xeon E7-2803. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon X5680 and Xeon E7-2803 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5680 and Xeon E7-2803 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5680 and Xeon E7-2803. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-800
Maximum memory size288 GB1 TB
Max memory channels34
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/s25.598 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5680 and Xeon E7-2803.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 February 2010 3 April 2011
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 105 Watt

Xeon E7-2803 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 23.8% lower power consumption.

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