i7 2600k or Xeon 5680?

Renold · January 26, 2011, 00:42

Hello guys,

I am running a 2D transient simulation which contains 15000 cells. Since the mesh is small, increasing the processors does not help much and I want a fast CPU. I have been back and forth between a workstation with Xeon 5680 and i7 2600k which can be overclocked to 5 GHz. Does anyone have an idea which one is better? Thank you.

Renold

JBeilke · January 26, 2011, 11:10

Just a similar comparison from a 2mio cells StarCD v4 calculation:

X 5570 (1 core = 148.6 sek , 2 cores = 88 sek)
i7-2600 (1 core = 89.5 sek , 2 cores = 62.8 sek)

January 26, 2011, 00:42	i7 2600k or Xeon 5680?	#1
Renold New Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 17	Hello guys, I am running a 2D transient simulation which contains 15000 cells. Since the mesh is small, increasing the processors does not help much and I want a fast CPU. I have been back and forth between a workstation with Xeon 5680 and i7 2600k which can be overclocked to 5 GHz. Does anyone have an idea which one is better? Thank you. Renold

January 26, 2011, 11:10		#2
JBeilke Senior Member Joern Beilke Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dresden Posts: 498 Rep Power: 20	Just a similar comparison from a 2mio cells StarCD v4 calculation: X 5570 (1 core = 148.6 sek , 2 cores = 88 sek) i7-2600 (1 core = 89.5 sek , 2 cores = 62.8 sek) Last edited by JBeilke; January 27, 2011 at 13:25.

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