AMD FX-8320 vs Intel Xeon X5550

What is the difference between AMD FX-8320 and Intel Xeon X5550. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

525Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score496
2494Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2426
PassMark CPU Mark Rating2964
PassMark Single Thread Rating1313

Processor Specs

AMD FX-8320ProcessorIntel Xeon X5550
3500 MHzFrequency2670 MHz
3700 MHzMaximum Frequency3060 MHz
8Cores4
8Threads8
125 WTDP95 W
VisheraCodenameGainestown
Socket AM3+PackageSocket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

534Single-Core Score495
2812Multi-Core Score3496
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
GenericModelMacPro5,1
Model IDMacPro5,1
ASRock 970A-G/3.1MotherboardApple Inc. Mac-F221BEC8
BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-8320NameIntel Xeon X5550
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology2 Processors, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 2 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
3.50 GHzBase Frequency2.66 GHz
3999 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket AM3+ (942)Package
VisheraCodename
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
16.0 KB x 8L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
2.00 MB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 4
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize32.00 GB
799 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate1066 MT/s
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

534Single-Core Score495
799Crypto Score56
535Integer Score501
489Floating Point Score 556
799
1.36 GB/sec
AES-XTS56
97.3 MB/sec
709
3.59 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)597
3.02 MB/sec
640
30.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression542
25.6 Mpixels/sec
582
1.64 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)501
1.41 MTE/sec
475
557.8 KElements/sec
HTML5428
502.5 KElements/sec
521
163.4 Krows/sec
SQLite484
151.5 Krows/sec
513
27.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering508
27.5 Mpixels/sec
422
134.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering441
140.4 KB/sec
549
4.28 Klines/sec
Clang501
3.90 Klines/sec
464
5.38 images/sec
Camera532
6.16 images/sec
430
538.4 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics433
541.6 Kpairs/sec
414
2565.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics738
4574.2 FPS
378
20.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur484
26.6 Mpixels/sec
456
3.51 images/sec
Face Detection586
4.51 images/sec
382
9.41 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection563
13.9 Mpixels/sec
1035
50.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting949
46.6 Mpixels/sec
947
12.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR982
13.4 Mpixels/sec
546
438.3 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing589
473.2 Kpixels/sec
348
3.12 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion421
3.77 Kpixels/sec
617
19.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition522
16.7 Words/sec
281
10.8 images/sec
Machine Learning256
9.89 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2812Multi-Core Score3496
2637Crypto Score390
2830Integer Score3416
2801Floating Point Score 4186
2637
4.50 GB/sec
AES-XTS390
681.0 MB/sec
4289
21.7 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4198
21.2 MB/sec
3777
178.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression4322
204.5 Mpixels/sec
1866
5.26 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)3131
8.83 MTE/sec
2608
3.06 MElements/sec
HTML52901
3.41 MElements/sec
3108
973.8 Krows/sec
SQLite3468
1.09 Mrows/sec
3067
166.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2653
144.0 Mpixels/sec
1979
630.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering3153
1004.7 KB/sec
3170
24.7 Klines/sec
Clang3974
31.0 Klines/sec
2466
28.6 images/sec
Camera3336
38.7 images/sec
2472
3.09 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3298
4.13 Mpairs/sec
2965
18366.8 FPS
Rigid Body Physics6575
40737.3 FPS
2413
132.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur3678
202.2 Mpixels/sec
3241
25.0 images/sec
Face Detection4909
37.8 images/sec
2493
61.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection4585
113.0 Mpixels/sec
5260
258.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5963
292.5 Mpixels/sec
5567
75.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR7836
106.8 Mpixels/sec
3394
2.73 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing5432
4.36 Mpixels/sec
2117
19.0 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion3040
27.2 Kpixels/sec
2423
77.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition3203
102.4 Words/sec
1141
44.1 images/sec
Machine Learning1560
60.3 images/sec