хочу понять можно ли Xeon процы с сокетом 1366 ставить в обычные мамки (не серверные ) для дальнейшего разгона. стоит ли плптить 1500 за 980 десктопный шестиядерник или можно взятьт за 1000 аналогичный ксеон???. кстати четырехядерные ксеоны выполненные по 32 нм техпроцессу тоже очень интересны в плате разгона и увеличенным до 12 мб кешем. цены на них вполне адекватны для десктопа.
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I think it's realistic to consider single threaded performance in 3DPM and Cinebench as a good indicator of the performance difference to expect by the CPU in games poorly optimized for using more than 4 cores (likely the majority), while still being CPU intensive (and not bottlenecked by the GPU).

In that scenario the x5670 overclocked totally stomp on the 2670.
If we consider the multithreaded performance instead they are very close, with the higher frequency of the x5670 compensating the higher core count of the 2670. A very important scenario considering DX12 are coming.

Instead, In GPU bottlenecked games, CPU performance seems to lose importance, like seen in the video where all the intel CPUs were performing the same in some games. Considering the synthetic bench results, I'd expect the x5670 to perform at that same level with the same GPU


So, if the main PC usage is gaming, going for a practically not overclockable 2670 from an overclocked x5670 doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
Also, in this scenario, some sporadic usage of heavily multithreaded apps on the x5670 would give performance mostly equivalent to the 2670, with power consumption not being a problem, being that kind of usage sporadic in this case.

Instead, if bought from scratch, with a decent deal on the board price the 2670 could be an option also for gaming. 50 euros for the CPU + max 150 for the board would be a good price point to aim for.


If the main usage is heavily multithreaded apps, while the performances of the 2 CPUs are quite similar, i'd go for the 2670, because of the lower power consumption, not being overclocked.
Also, if 2 CPU's are needed, i wouldn't bother with the x5600 series considering that only 2 of these, heavily overclocked on a EVGA SR-2, would compare more or less fairly to 2 2670 on any dual cpu server board.

If your heavily multithreaded apps benefit a lot from a big amount of cache, it goes without any saying, just go for the 2670.

I guess this gives an answer to my questions. biggrin.gif

Does this mean that I will not buy a e5 2670?
No, because honestly the nerdy side in me is still saying "screw numbers, buy a board and put that 50 euro 8 core CPU in there!!!" biggrin.gif

I guess I'll keep an eye on the socket 2011 board prices. If I can find a decent deal I might jump on it, just for the sake of having a 2nd PC with a really unusual config! biggrin.gif
At least it will not be for the wrong reasons (gaming performance).
Edited by Space Marine - 5/5/16 at 11:08am