AMD FX-8120 vs Intel Xeon E5640

What is the difference between AMD FX-8120 and Intel Xeon E5640. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD FX-8120
AMD FX-8120
Intel Xeon E5640
Intel Xeon E5640

Performance (Benchmarks)

478Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score431
2105Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2031
PassMark CPU Mark Rating4018
PassMark Single Thread Rating1204

Processor Specs

AMD FX-8120ProcessorIntel Xeon E5640
3100 MHzFrequency2670 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency2930 MHz
8Cores4
8Threads8
125 WTDP80 W
ZambeziCodename
Socket AM3+Package

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

468Single-Core Score425
1033Multi-Core Score1478
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Linux Mint 20Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.ModelHewlett-Packard HP Z600 Workstation
ASRock 970 Extreme4MotherboardHewlett-Packard 0B54h
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-8120NameIntel Xeon E5640
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
3.10 GHzBase Frequency2.67 GHz
Maximum Frequency2926 MHz
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
CodenameWestmere-EP
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 2
16.0 KB x 8L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 2
2.00 MB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 2
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

15.62 GBSize16.00 GB
Frequency532 MHz
TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

468Single-Core Score425
752Crypto Score452
524Integer Score423
298Floating Point Score 425
752
1.28 GB/sec		AES-XTS452
788.6 MB/sec
672
3.40 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)638
3.23 MB/sec
589
27.9 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression450
21.3 Mpixels/sec
578
1.63 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)444
1.25 MTE/sec
454
532.6 KElements/sec		HTML5342
401.7 KElements/sec
562
176.1 Krows/sec		SQLite400
125.4 Krows/sec
502
27.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering431
23.4 Mpixels/sec
422
134.4 KB/sec		Text Rendering378
120.6 KB/sec
563
4.39 Klines/sec		Clang436
3.40 Klines/sec
425
4.92 images/sec		Camera347
4.02 images/sec
378
473.4 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics356
444.8 Kpairs/sec
358
2220.5 FPS		Rigid Body Physics447
2767.8 FPS
344
18.9 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur385
21.2 Mpixels/sec
263
2.03 images/sec		Face Detection487
3.75 images/sec
244
6.01 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection469
11.6 Mpixels/sec
632
31.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting598
29.4 Mpixels/sec
778
10.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR775
10.6 Mpixels/sec
250
201.1 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing473
379.6 Kpixels/sec
210
1.88 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion277
2.48 Kpixels/sec
290
9.27 Words/sec		Speech Recognition519
16.6 Words/sec
74
2.86 images/sec		Machine Learning184
7.12 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1033Multi-Core Score1478
2351Crypto Score1104
930Integer Score1483
1038Floating Point Score 1529
2351
4.01 GB/sec		AES-XTS1104
1.88 GB/sec
1343
6.79 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)2046
10.3 MB/sec
1053
49.8 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1952
92.3 Mpixels/sec
958
2.70 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1042
2.94 MTE/sec
835
980.0 KElements/sec		HTML51494
1.75 MElements/sec
945
296.2 Krows/sec		SQLite1568
491.1 Krows/sec
1109
60.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering1616
87.7 Mpixels/sec
850
270.8 KB/sec		Text Rendering1113
354.6 KB/sec
804
6.27 Klines/sec		Clang1631
12.7 Klines/sec
645
7.48 images/sec		Camera1216
14.1 images/sec
588
735.8 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics1349
1.69 Mpairs/sec
665
4121.4 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1786
11062.8 FPS
816
44.9 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur1448
79.6 Mpixels/sec
1077
8.29 images/sec		Face Detection1770
13.6 images/sec
667
16.4 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection1701
41.9 Mpixels/sec
1962
96.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting2022
99.2 Mpixels/sec
2083
28.4 Mpixels/sec		HDR2821
38.4 Mpixels/sec
2122
1.70 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1959
1.57 Mpixels/sec
1038
9.30 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion1064
9.54 Kpixels/sec
1517
48.5 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1407
45.0 Words/sec
480
18.5 images/sec		Machine Learning606
23.4 images/sec