How do socket 1366 Xeons bench against socket 1155 i5's and i7's?

[Akagi]

how much of a difference is there between say, a 3.33ghz quad core Xeon, and the i5 2500k?

And say, a six core Xeon and an i7 2600k?

and in what type of activities would each cpu perform better?

I only ask because i know that Sandybridge was a major improvement over the socket 1366 'i' series, so i had a feeling that there may not be a major difference.

 

[reiyushin]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/142?vs=287

That should be it, though I'm so full of the man flu that I dunno whats what?!

 

[Akagi]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/142?vs=287

That should be it, though I'm so full of the man flu that I dunno whats what?!

nah, xeons not i7 extremes

 

[reiyushin]

They're practically identical for the purposes of the test




....I think

 

[mothermachine]

There is an enormous difference if you use them for what they're intended for, e.g. rendering, encoding, etc. or anything that takes full use of multicore multicpu systems.

A dual 4-core xeon machine (of recent spec) will absolutely crush any i7 system, simple as that. because there are two cpus. per cpu... well that's another matter. but nobody buys xeons to just use one of them. they're not consumer-grade chips, for this reason. that's what the i7s are for.

 

[Akagi]

There is an enormous difference if you use them for what they're intended for, e.g. rendering, encoding, etc. or anything that takes full use of multicore multicpu systems.

A dual 4-core xeon machine (of recent spec) will absolutely crush any i7 system, simple as that. because there are two cpus. per cpu... well that's another matter. but nobody buys xeons to just use one of them. they're not consumer-grade chips, for this reason. that's what the i7s are for.

ok thanks, but if this is the case, why has nobody made a dual socket sandybridge motherboard for lower budget servers?

 

[mothermachine]

ok thanks, but if this is the case, why has nobody made a dual socket sandybridge motherboard for lower budget servers?

the only chips that can be used together like this are xeons or the AMD equivalent. intel (or AMD) wouldn't release any other kind of chip that could be used in a server environment because they'd lose huge amounts from dropped xeon sales. if that makes sense. basically, if you want dual cpu then you have to go xeon (or amd opteron is it?) and that costs what it costs (e.g. both arms and both legs).

 

[rjk]

1366 xeons overclock very similarly to their 1366 i7 counterparts

my xeon x5680 westmere overclocked very similarly to my 980x gulftown

the memory controller on the xeon was epic and the top end headroom was better on the xeon with lower voltage requirements for 24/7 running.

performance was identical clock for clock
the reason they are more expensive is because they are classed as premium sillicone [westmeres have a dual qpi link too]

you want to compare a hexcore xeon to a 2600k?
take a look at a 970/980/980x/990x benchmark compared to 2600k

 

[Akagi]

1366 xeons overclock very similarly to their 1366 i7 counterparts

my xeon x5680 westmere overclocked very similarly to my 980x gulftown

the memory controller on the xeon was epic and the top end headroom was better on the xeon with lower voltage requirements for 24/7 running.

performance was identical clock for clock
the reason they are more expensive is because they are classed as premium sillicone [westmeres have a dual qpi link too]

you want to compare a hexcore xeon to a 2600k?
take a look at a 970/980/980x/990x benchmark compared to 2600k

ok thanks, i have previously looked at these benches i was just assuming that Xeons would have more performance clock for clock.

So just to clarify, there are no single socket Xeon motherboards?

*edit* socket 1366 xeon motherboards.

also, are the current gen xeons out yet? or if not, when are they due?

 

[Ringiho]

The E3 Xeon's are already out but the E5s haven't been released yet!