X5650 Equivalent

[Helltech]

Title pretty much, what is the i5 or i7 equivalent of an X5650

[Fasauceome]

i7-980 and the like, any of the 6 core i7 models more or less.

 

mind you they have faster clocks than that xeon but it overclocks real good to level the playing field

[Helltech]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

i7-980 and the like, any of the 6 core i7 models more or less.

 

mind you they have faster clocks than that xeon but it overclocks real good to level the playing field

I have a guest computer with a W3690, so it's about the same or worse than that?

[aisle9]

3 minutes ago, Helltech said:

Title pretty much, what is the i5 or i7 equivalent of an X5650

If you're talking original generation, you're looking at one of the more expensive 6-core i7 first-gens, like the 980.

If you're up for slightly more modern, a Haswell-E or Ivy Bridge-E chip would do it, but at a price too high for the benefit.

If you're looking at modern CPUs, I'd wager an i3-9100F could beat in pretty easily in a footrace, with something hexa-core like an i5-8400 or 9400F spanking it.

 

And there's Ryzen, where a Ryzen 5 1600 from a few years ago is way more than adequate.

[Fasauceome]

3 minutes ago, Helltech said:

I have a guest computer with a W3690, so it's about the same or worse than that?

same ballpark, its clocks are much higher though.

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?productIds=52586,47933,58664,47922

 

I would say at stock the W3690 is among the best of the CPUs of that generation