Intel Xeon X7350 vs Intel Xeon W3580

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon X7350 and Intel Xeon W3580 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Xeon X7350

Intel Xeon W3580

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X7350

2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7836 vs 3609

Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	7836 vs 3609

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3580

Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 67.9°C vs 66°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1557 vs 1186

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	67.9°C vs 66°C
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared) vs 8 MB L2 Cache
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1557 vs 1186

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon X7350
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3580

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1186

1557

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7836

3609

Name	Intel Xeon X7350	Intel Xeon W3580
PassMark - Single thread mark	1186	1557
PassMark - CPU mark	7836	3609
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2764
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9280
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		57.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.116

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon X7350	Intel Xeon W3580
Essentials
Architecture codename	Tigerton	Bloomfield
Launch date	Q3'07	August 2009
Place in performance rating	1752	1770
Processor Number	X7350	W3580
Series	Legacy Intel Xeon Processors	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$215
Price now		$214.50
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		8.83
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.93 GHz	3.33 GHz
Bus Speed	1066 MHz	6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size	286 mm2	263 mm2
L3 cache	8 MB L2 Cache	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	66°C	67.9°C
Number of cores	4	4
Transistor count	582 million	731 million
VID voltage range	1.0000V-1.5000V	0.800V-1.375V
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
Maximum frequency		3.60 GHz
Number of QPI Links		1
Number of threads		8
Compatibility
Package Size	53.3mm x 53.3mm	42.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported	PGA604, PPGA604	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		32 GB/s
Maximum memory size		24 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 800/1066/1333