AMD FX-6120 vs Intel Xeon X5560

What is the difference between AMD FX-6120 and Intel Xeon X5560. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

518Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score459
1899Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1895
PassMark CPU Mark Rating3045
PassMark Single Thread Rating1374

Processor Specs

AMD FX-6120ProcessorIntel Xeon X5560
3500 MHzFrequency2800 MHz
4100 MHzMaximum Frequency3200 MHz
3Cores4
6Threads8
95 WTDP95 W
ZambeziCodenameGainestown
Socket AM3+ (942)PackageSocket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

517Single-Core Score477
1897Multi-Core Score2806
Geekbench 5.2.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.3.2 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Hewlett-Packard h8-1234ModelXen HVM domU
Gigabyte 2AC8Motherboard
High performancePower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-6120NameIntel Xeon X5560
1 Processor, 3 Cores, 6 ThreadsTopology2 Processors, 8 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
3.49 GHzBase Frequency2.10 GHz
4.09 GHzMaximum Frequency3.06 GHz
Socket AM3+ (942)PackageSocket 1366 LGA
ZambeziCodenameGainestown
64.0 KB x 3L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
16.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
2.00 MB x 3L2 Cache256 KB x 4
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 4

Memory Information

10.00 GBSize8.00 GB
664 MHzFrequency100 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeFPM_RAM
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

517Single-Core Score477
690Crypto Score57
522Integer Score489
476Floating Point Score 520
690
1.18 GB/sec
AES-XTS57
100.2 MB/sec
671
3.40 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)592
3.00 MB/sec
564
26.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression602
28.5 Mpixels/sec
539
1.52 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)502
1.42 MTE/sec
485
569.2 KElements/sec
HTML5472
554.0 KElements/sec
518
162.1 Krows/sec
SQLite402
125.9 Krows/sec
531
28.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering509
27.6 Mpixels/sec
424
135.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering411
130.9 KB/sec
549
4.28 Klines/sec
Clang482
3.76 Klines/sec
453
5.25 images/sec
Camera469
5.44 images/sec
431
539.1 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics425
531.3 Kpairs/sec
392
2429.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics556
3443.8 FPS
369
20.3 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur459
25.2 Mpixels/sec
448
3.45 images/sec
Face Detection555
4.27 images/sec
383
9.44 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection560
13.8 Mpixels/sec
1001
49.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting849
41.6 Mpixels/sec
950
12.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR923
12.6 Mpixels/sec
534
428.7 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing548
440.2 Kpixels/sec
354
3.17 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion376
3.37 Kpixels/sec
583
18.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition570
18.2 Words/sec
251
9.71 images/sec
Machine Learning243
9.39 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1897Multi-Core Score2806
2091Crypto Score356
1894Integer Score2876
1872Floating Point Score 3061
2091
3.56 GB/sec
AES-XTS356
622.1 MB/sec
2820
14.3 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3720
18.8 MB/sec
2617
123.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3901
184.6 Mpixels/sec
1367
3.86 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2481
7.00 MTE/sec
1779
2.09 MElements/sec
HTML52534
2.97 MElements/sec
2021
633.3 Krows/sec
SQLite2319
726.7 Krows/sec
1956
106.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3044
165.2 Mpixels/sec
1421
452.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering2425
772.7 KB/sec
1986
15.5 Klines/sec
Clang3068
23.9 Klines/sec
1570
18.2 images/sec
Camera2807
32.5 images/sec
1729
2.16 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2537
3.17 Mpairs/sec
1876
11624.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3665
22706.7 FPS
1540
84.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2734
150.3 Mpixels/sec
2215
17.1 images/sec
Face Detection3235
24.9 images/sec
1707
42.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection3627
89.4 Mpixels/sec
3467
170.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4282
210.0 Mpixels/sec
3769
51.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR6100
83.1 Mpixels/sec
2251
1.81 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3496
2.81 Mpixels/sec
1426
12.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2500
22.4 Kpixels/sec
1793
57.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2519
80.5 Words/sec
698
27.0 images/sec
Machine Learning1291
49.9 images/sec