Intel Xeon X5550 vs AMD FX-8120

What is the difference between Intel Xeon X5550 and AMD FX-8120. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Xeon X5550
Intel Xeon X5550
AMD FX-8120
AMD FX-8120

Performance (Benchmarks)

496Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score478
2426Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2105
2964PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1313PassMark Single Thread Rating

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon X5550ProcessorAMD FX-8120
2670 MHzFrequency3100 MHz
3060 MHzMaximum Frequency3400 MHz
4Cores8
8Threads8
95 WTDP125 W
GainestownCodenameZambezi
Socket 1366 LGAPackageSocket AM3+

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

495Single-Core Score468
3496Multi-Core Score1033
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20
MacPro5,1ModelTo Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
MacPro5,1Model ID
Apple Inc. Mac-F221BEC8MotherboardASRock 970 Extreme4

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon X5550NameAMD FX-8120
2 Processors, 8 Cores, 16 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2
2.66 GHzBase Frequency3.10 GHz
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

32.00 GBSize15.62 GB
1066 MT/sTransfer Rate
DDR3Type

Geekbench 5 result (single)

495Single-Core Score468
56Crypto Score752
501Integer Score524
556Floating Point Score 298
56
97.3 MB/sec		AES-XTS752
1.28 GB/sec
597
3.02 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)672
3.40 MB/sec
542
25.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression589
27.9 Mpixels/sec
501
1.41 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)578
1.63 MTE/sec
428
502.5 KElements/sec		HTML5454
532.6 KElements/sec
484
151.5 Krows/sec		SQLite562
176.1 Krows/sec
508
27.5 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering502
27.2 Mpixels/sec
441
140.4 KB/sec		Text Rendering422
134.4 KB/sec
501
3.90 Klines/sec		Clang563
4.39 Klines/sec
532
6.16 images/sec		Camera425
4.92 images/sec
433
541.6 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics378
473.4 Kpairs/sec
738
4574.2 FPS		Rigid Body Physics358
2220.5 FPS
484
26.6 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur344
18.9 Mpixels/sec
586
4.51 images/sec		Face Detection263
2.03 images/sec
563
13.9 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection244
6.01 Mpixels/sec
949
46.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting632
31.0 Mpixels/sec
982
13.4 Mpixels/sec		HDR778
10.6 Mpixels/sec
589
473.2 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing250
201.1 Kpixels/sec
421
3.77 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion210
1.88 Kpixels/sec
522
16.7 Words/sec		Speech Recognition290
9.27 Words/sec
256
9.89 images/sec		Machine Learning74
2.86 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3496Multi-Core Score1033
390Crypto Score2351
3416Integer Score930
4186Floating Point Score 1038
390
681.0 MB/sec		AES-XTS2351
4.01 GB/sec
4198
21.2 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1343
6.79 MB/sec
4322
204.5 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1053
49.8 Mpixels/sec
3131
8.83 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)958
2.70 MTE/sec
2901
3.41 MElements/sec		HTML5835
980.0 KElements/sec
3468
1.09 Mrows/sec		SQLite945
296.2 Krows/sec
2653
144.0 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering1109
60.2 Mpixels/sec
3153
1004.7 KB/sec		Text Rendering850
270.8 KB/sec
3974
31.0 Klines/sec		Clang804
6.27 Klines/sec
3336
38.7 images/sec		Camera645
7.48 images/sec
3298
4.13 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics588
735.8 Kpairs/sec
6575
40737.3 FPS		Rigid Body Physics665
4121.4 FPS
3678
202.2 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur816
44.9 Mpixels/sec
4909
37.8 images/sec		Face Detection1077
8.29 images/sec
4585
113.0 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection667
16.4 Mpixels/sec
5963
292.5 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1962
96.2 Mpixels/sec
7836
106.8 Mpixels/sec		HDR2083
28.4 Mpixels/sec
5432
4.36 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing2122
1.70 Mpixels/sec
3040
27.2 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion1038
9.30 Kpixels/sec
3203
102.4 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1517
48.5 Words/sec
1560
60.3 images/sec		Machine Learning480
18.5 images/sec