AMD FX-6120 vs Intel Xeon E5-2609

What is the difference between AMD FX-6120 and Intel Xeon E5-2609. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

518Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score483
1899Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1690
PassMark CPU Mark Rating2640
PassMark Single Thread Rating1059
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score2805

Processor Specs

AMD FX-6120ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2609
3500 MHzFrequency2400 MHz
4100 MHzMaximum Frequency
3Cores4
6Threads4
95 WTDP80 W
ZambeziCodenameSandy Bridge-EP
Socket AM3+ (942)PackageSocket 2011 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

517Single-Core Score480
1897Multi-Core Score1654
Geekbench 5.2.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.2.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Hewlett-Packard h8-1234ModelSupermicro X9DRL-3F/iF
Gigabyte 2AC8MotherboardSupermicro X9DRL-3F/iF
High performancePower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-6120NameIntel Xeon E5-2609
1 Processor, 3 Cores, 6 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7
3.49 GHzBase Frequency2.40 GHz
4.09 GHzMaximum Frequency2.40 GHz
Socket AM3+ (942)PackageSocket 2011 LGA
ZambeziCodenameSandy Bridge-EP/EX
64.0 KB x 3L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 2
16.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 2
2.00 MB x 3L2 Cache256 KB x 2
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache10.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

10.00 GBSize3.97 GB
664 MHzFrequency533 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels1

Geekbench 5 result (single)

517Single-Core Score480
690Crypto Score539
522Integer Score455
476Floating Point Score 523
690
1.18 GB/sec
AES-XTS539
940.6 MB/sec
671
3.40 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)618
3.12 MB/sec
564
26.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression531
25.1 Mpixels/sec
539
1.52 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)461
1.30 MTE/sec
485
569.2 KElements/sec
HTML5391
459.3 KElements/sec
518
162.1 Krows/sec
SQLite415
130.0 Krows/sec
531
28.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering481
26.1 Mpixels/sec
424
135.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering402
128.2 KB/sec
549
4.28 Klines/sec
Clang448
3.49 Klines/sec
453
5.25 images/sec
Camera394
4.57 images/sec
431
539.1 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics508
635.4 Kpairs/sec
392
2429.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics470
2911.7 FPS
369
20.3 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur469
25.8 Mpixels/sec
448
3.45 images/sec
Face Detection496
3.82 images/sec
383
9.44 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection491
12.1 Mpixels/sec
1001
49.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting813
39.9 Mpixels/sec
950
12.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR891
12.1 Mpixels/sec
534
428.7 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing532
427.2 Kpixels/sec
354
3.17 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion356
3.19 Kpixels/sec
583
18.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition607
19.4 Words/sec
251
9.71 images/sec
Machine Learning351
13.6 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1897Multi-Core Score1654
2091Crypto Score1408
1894Integer Score1591
1872Floating Point Score 1830
2091
3.56 GB/sec
AES-XTS1408
2.40 GB/sec
2820
14.3 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2138
10.8 MB/sec
2617
123.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2038
96.4 Mpixels/sec
1367
3.86 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)896
2.53 MTE/sec
1779
2.09 MElements/sec
HTML51764
2.07 MElements/sec
2021
633.3 Krows/sec
SQLite1770
554.5 Krows/sec
1956
106.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1633
88.6 Mpixels/sec
1421
452.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering1145
364.8 KB/sec
1986
15.5 Klines/sec
Clang1800
14.0 Klines/sec
1570
18.2 images/sec
Camera1594
18.5 images/sec
1729
2.16 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1956
2.45 Mpairs/sec
1876
11624.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2029
12567.9 FPS
1540
84.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2013
110.7 Mpixels/sec
2215
17.1 images/sec
Face Detection1994
15.4 images/sec
1707
42.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1724
42.5 Mpixels/sec
3467
170.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2739
134.4 Mpixels/sec
3769
51.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR3104
42.3 Mpixels/sec
2251
1.81 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2384
1.91 Mpixels/sec
1426
12.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1327
11.9 Kpixels/sec
1793
57.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1442
46.1 Words/sec
698
27.0 images/sec
Machine Learning723
27.9 images/sec