Intel Xeon W5580 vs AMD FX-8120

What is the difference between Intel Xeon W5580 and AMD FX-8120. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Xeon W5580
Intel Xeon W5580
AMD FX-8120
AMD FX-8120

Performance (Benchmarks)

558Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score478
2294Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2105
3386PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1503PassMark Single Thread Rating

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon W5580ProcessorAMD FX-8120
3200 MHzFrequency3100 MHz
3460 MHzMaximum Frequency3400 MHz
4Cores8
8Threads8
130 WTDP125 W
Nehalem-EPCodenameZambezi
Socket 1366 LGAPackageSocket AM3+

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

557Single-Core Score468
2098Multi-Core Score1033
Geekbench 5.2.3 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20
Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T5500ModelTo Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Dell Inc. 0D883FMotherboardASRock 970 Extreme4
BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon W5580NameAMD FX-8120
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2
3.20 GHzBase Frequency3.10 GHz
3.46 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1366 LGAPackage
GainestownCodename
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache16.0 KB x 8
256 KB x 4L2 Cache2.00 MB x 4
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize15.62 GB
664 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

557Single-Core Score468
66Crypto Score752
582Integer Score524
585Floating Point Score 298
66
114.4 MB/sec		AES-XTS752
1.28 GB/sec
686
3.47 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)672
3.40 MB/sec
689
32.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression589
27.9 Mpixels/sec
612
1.72 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)578
1.63 MTE/sec
558
654.9 KElements/sec		HTML5454
532.6 KElements/sec
534
167.2 Krows/sec		SQLite562
176.1 Krows/sec
599
32.5 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering502
27.2 Mpixels/sec
489
155.8 KB/sec		Text Rendering422
134.4 KB/sec
565
4.40 Klines/sec		Clang563
4.39 Klines/sec
536
6.21 images/sec		Camera425
4.92 images/sec
460
575.5 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics378
473.4 Kpairs/sec
623
3858.2 FPS		Rigid Body Physics358
2220.5 FPS
509
28.0 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur344
18.9 Mpixels/sec
624
4.80 images/sec		Face Detection263
2.03 images/sec
646
15.9 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection244
6.01 Mpixels/sec
961
47.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting632
31.0 Mpixels/sec
1038
14.1 Mpixels/sec		HDR778
10.6 Mpixels/sec
652
523.3 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing250
201.1 Kpixels/sec
432
3.87 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion210
1.88 Kpixels/sec
610
19.5 Words/sec		Speech Recognition290
9.27 Words/sec
275
10.6 images/sec		Machine Learning74
2.86 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2098Multi-Core Score1033
260Crypto Score2351
2195Integer Score930
2193Floating Point Score 1038
260
454.1 MB/sec		AES-XTS2351
4.01 GB/sec
3133
15.8 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1343
6.79 MB/sec
2829
133.8 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1053
49.8 Mpixels/sec
1726
4.87 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)958
2.70 MTE/sec
2176
2.55 MElements/sec		HTML5835
980.0 KElements/sec
2072
649.0 Krows/sec		SQLite945
296.2 Krows/sec
2417
131.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering1109
60.2 Mpixels/sec
1736
553.1 KB/sec		Text Rendering850
270.8 KB/sec
2285
17.8 Klines/sec		Clang804
6.27 Klines/sec
1787
20.7 images/sec		Camera645
7.48 images/sec
2022
2.53 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics588
735.8 Kpairs/sec
2681
16609.1 FPS		Rigid Body Physics665
4121.4 FPS
1807
99.3 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur816
44.9 Mpixels/sec
2439
18.8 images/sec		Face Detection1077
8.29 images/sec
2601
64.1 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection667
16.4 Mpixels/sec
3294
161.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1962
96.2 Mpixels/sec
4139
56.4 Mpixels/sec		HDR2083
28.4 Mpixels/sec
2779
2.23 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing2122
1.70 Mpixels/sec
1730
15.5 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion1038
9.30 Kpixels/sec
1879
60.1 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1517
48.5 Words/sec
739
28.6 images/sec		Machine Learning480
18.5 images/sec