Intel Xeon X5660 vs AMD FX-8320

What is the difference between Intel Xeon X5660 and AMD FX-8320. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

537Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score525
2963Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2494
6210PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1392PassMark Single Thread Rating

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon X5660ProcessorAMD FX-8320
2800 MHzFrequency3500 MHz
3200 MHzMaximum Frequency3700 MHz
6Cores8
12Threads8
95 WTDP125 W
Westmere-EPCodenameVishera
Socket 1366 LGAPackageSocket AM3+

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

538Single-Core Score534
2726Multi-Core Score2812
Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa 5.4.0-66-generic x86_64Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Intel ThurleyModelGeneric
Koloe X58MotherboardASRock 970A-G/3.1
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon X5660NameAMD FX-8320
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 2 Stepping 0
2.68 GHzBase Frequency3.50 GHz
Maximum Frequency3999 MHz
PackageSocket AM3+ (942)
CodenameVishera
32.0 KB x 6L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache16.0 KB x 8
256 KB x 6L2 Cache2.00 MB x 4
12.0 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

11.69 GBSize16.00 GB
Frequency799 MHz
TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

538Single-Core Score534
490Crypto Score799
536Integer Score535
549Floating Point Score 489
490
854.9 MB/sec
AES-XTS799
1.36 GB/sec
695
3.52 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)709
3.59 MB/sec
553
26.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression640
30.3 Mpixels/sec
572
1.61 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)582
1.64 MTE/sec
538
632.1 KElements/sec
HTML5475
557.8 KElements/sec
517
162.0 Krows/sec
SQLite521
163.4 Krows/sec
522
28.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering513
27.9 Mpixels/sec
429
136.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering422
134.5 KB/sec
539
4.20 Klines/sec
Clang549
4.28 Klines/sec
497
5.76 images/sec
Camera464
5.38 images/sec
488
611.0 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics430
538.4 Kpairs/sec
627
3887.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics414
2565.5 FPS
453
24.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur378
20.8 Mpixels/sec
491
3.78 images/sec
Face Detection456
3.51 images/sec
564
13.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection382
9.41 Mpixels/sec
982
48.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1035
50.8 Mpixels/sec
952
13.0 Mpixels/sec
HDR947
12.9 Mpixels/sec
632
507.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing546
438.3 Kpixels/sec
373
3.34 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion348
3.12 Kpixels/sec
666
21.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition617
19.7 Words/sec
242
9.33 images/sec
Machine Learning281
10.8 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2726Multi-Core Score2812
1345Crypto Score2637
2730Integer Score2830
2947Floating Point Score 2801
1345
2.29 GB/sec
AES-XTS2637
4.50 GB/sec
4582
23.2 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4289
21.7 MB/sec
3226
152.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3777
178.7 Mpixels/sec
1074
3.03 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1866
5.26 MTE/sec
3512
4.12 MElements/sec
HTML52608
3.06 MElements/sec
3464
1.09 Mrows/sec
SQLite3108
973.8 Krows/sec
2877
156.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3067
166.4 Mpixels/sec
1622
516.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering1979
630.6 KB/sec
3790
29.5 Klines/sec
Clang3170
24.7 Klines/sec
2464
28.6 images/sec
Camera2466
28.6 images/sec
3161
3.95 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2472
3.09 Mpairs/sec
4761
29498.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2965
18366.8 FPS
2851
156.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2413
132.6 Mpixels/sec
3340
25.7 images/sec
Face Detection3241
25.0 images/sec
3303
81.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2493
61.5 Mpixels/sec
4155
203.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5260
258.0 Mpixels/sec
5519
75.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR5567
75.9 Mpixels/sec
4416
3.55 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3394
2.73 Mpixels/sec
2459
22.0 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2117
19.0 Kpixels/sec
1728
55.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2423
77.5 Words/sec
715
27.6 images/sec
Machine Learning1141
44.1 images/sec