AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420

What is the difference between AMD FX-8350 and Intel Xeon E5-2420. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

566Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score443
2765Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2563
PassMark CPU Mark Rating5161
PassMark Single Thread Rating1103

Processor Specs

AMD FX-8350ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2420
4000 MHzFrequency1900 MHz
4200 MHzMaximum Frequency2400 MHz
8Cores6
8Threads12
125 WTDP95 W
VisheraCodenameSandy Bridge-EN
Socket AM3+PackageSocket 2011 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

572Single-Core Score456
2176Multi-Core Score4290
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 12.0 (Build 21A5294g)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Evaluation (64-bit)
MacPro7,1ModelFUJITSU PRIMERGY TX200 S7
MacPro7,1Model ID
Acidanthera Mac-27AD2F918AE68F61 MacPro7,1MotherboardFUJITSU D3099-A1
Power PlanHigh performance

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-8350NameIntel Xeon E5-2420
1 Processor, 8 CoresTopology2 Processors, 12 Cores, 24 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 2 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7
4.02 GHzBase Frequency1.90 GHz
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
16.0 KB x 8L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
2.00 MB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 6
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache15.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

20.00 GBSize80.00 GB
667 MT/sTransfer Rate
DDR3Type

Geekbench 5 result (single)

572Single-Core Score456
879Crypto Score482
550Integer Score440
567Floating Point Score 487
879
1.50 GB/sec
AES-XTS482
842.0 MB/sec
754
3.81 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)541
2.73 MB/sec
625
29.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression491
23.2 Mpixels/sec
599
1.69 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)412
1.16 MTE/sec
404
474.9 KElements/sec
HTML5417
489.7 KElements/sec
592
185.5 Krows/sec
SQLite409
128.0 Krows/sec
545
29.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering441
23.9 Mpixels/sec
438
139.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering432
137.6 KB/sec
560
4.36 Klines/sec
Clang417
3.25 Klines/sec
509
5.90 images/sec
Camera415
4.81 images/sec
429
536.9 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics471
588.8 Kpairs/sec
677
4192.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics461
2856.1 FPS
364
20.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur416
22.8 Mpixels/sec
537
4.14 images/sec
Face Detection457
3.51 images/sec
464
11.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection458
11.3 Mpixels/sec
1209
59.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting742
36.4 Mpixels/sec
1043
14.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR807
11.0 Mpixels/sec
651
522.4 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing522
419.2 Kpixels/sec
465
4.17 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion324
2.90 Kpixels/sec
642
20.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition538
17.2 Words/sec
299
11.6 images/sec
Machine Learning352
13.6 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2176Multi-Core Score4290
1949Crypto Score3888
2181Integer Score4082
2202Floating Point Score 4808
1949
3.32 GB/sec
AES-XTS3888
6.63 GB/sec
2840
14.4 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)5920
29.9 MB/sec
3020
142.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression5894
278.8 Mpixels/sec
1272
3.59 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1196
3.37 MTE/sec
1949
2.29 MElements/sec
HTML54634
5.44 MElements/sec
2861
896.4 Krows/sec
SQLite5843
1.83 Mrows/sec
2297
124.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4785
259.7 Mpixels/sec
1588
506.1 KB/sec
Text Rendering3092
985.0 KB/sec
2316
18.0 Klines/sec
Clang4741
36.9 Klines/sec
2173
25.2 images/sec
Camera3966
46.0 images/sec
2005
2.51 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics4316
5.40 Mpairs/sec
3661
22680.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics5859
36299.1 FPS
2392
131.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur4717
259.3 Mpixels/sec
2988
23.0 images/sec
Face Detection5853
45.1 images/sec
2003
49.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection5049
124.5 Mpixels/sec
3324
163.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting7033
345.0 Mpixels/sec
3920
53.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR9237
125.9 Mpixels/sec
2572
2.07 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing6400
5.14 Mpixels/sec
1426
12.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion3737
33.5 Kpixels/sec
1440
46.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition3498
111.8 Words/sec
815
31.5 images/sec
Machine Learning1656
64.0 images/sec