AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Xeon X5550

What is the difference between AMD FX-8350 and Intel Xeon X5550. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

566Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score496
2765Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2426
PassMark CPU Mark Rating2964
PassMark Single Thread Rating1313

Processor Specs

AMD FX-8350ProcessorIntel Xeon X5550
4000 MHzFrequency2670 MHz
4200 MHzMaximum Frequency3060 MHz
8Cores4
8Threads8
125 WTDP95 W
VisheraCodenameGainestown
Socket AM3+PackageSocket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

572Single-Core Score495
2176Multi-Core Score3496
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 12.0 (Build 21A5294g)Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
MacPro7,1ModelMacPro5,1
MacPro7,1Model IDMacPro5,1
Acidanthera Mac-27AD2F918AE68F61 MacPro7,1MotherboardApple Inc. Mac-F221BEC8

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-8350NameIntel Xeon X5550
1 Processor, 8 CoresTopology2 Processors, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 2 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
4.02 GHzBase Frequency2.66 GHz
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

20.00 GBSize32.00 GB
667 MT/sTransfer Rate1066 MT/s
DDR3TypeDDR3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

572Single-Core Score495
879Crypto Score56
550Integer Score501
567Floating Point Score 556
879
1.50 GB/sec
AES-XTS56
97.3 MB/sec
754
3.81 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)597
3.02 MB/sec
625
29.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression542
25.6 Mpixels/sec
599
1.69 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)501
1.41 MTE/sec
404
474.9 KElements/sec
HTML5428
502.5 KElements/sec
592
185.5 Krows/sec
SQLite484
151.5 Krows/sec
545
29.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering508
27.5 Mpixels/sec
438
139.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering441
140.4 KB/sec
560
4.36 Klines/sec
Clang501
3.90 Klines/sec
509
5.90 images/sec
Camera532
6.16 images/sec
429
536.9 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics433
541.6 Kpairs/sec
677
4192.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics738
4574.2 FPS
364
20.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur484
26.6 Mpixels/sec
537
4.14 images/sec
Face Detection586
4.51 images/sec
464
11.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection563
13.9 Mpixels/sec
1209
59.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting949
46.6 Mpixels/sec
1043
14.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR982
13.4 Mpixels/sec
651
522.4 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing589
473.2 Kpixels/sec
465
4.17 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion421
3.77 Kpixels/sec
642
20.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition522
16.7 Words/sec
299
11.6 images/sec
Machine Learning256
9.89 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2176Multi-Core Score3496
1949Crypto Score390
2181Integer Score3416
2202Floating Point Score 4186
1949
3.32 GB/sec
AES-XTS390
681.0 MB/sec
2840
14.4 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4198
21.2 MB/sec
3020
142.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression4322
204.5 Mpixels/sec
1272
3.59 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)3131
8.83 MTE/sec
1949
2.29 MElements/sec
HTML52901
3.41 MElements/sec
2861
896.4 Krows/sec
SQLite3468
1.09 Mrows/sec
2297
124.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2653
144.0 Mpixels/sec
1588
506.1 KB/sec
Text Rendering3153
1004.7 KB/sec
2316
18.0 Klines/sec
Clang3974
31.0 Klines/sec
2173
25.2 images/sec
Camera3336
38.7 images/sec
2005
2.51 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3298
4.13 Mpairs/sec
3661
22680.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics6575
40737.3 FPS
2392
131.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur3678
202.2 Mpixels/sec
2988
23.0 images/sec
Face Detection4909
37.8 images/sec
2003
49.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection4585
113.0 Mpixels/sec
3324
163.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5963
292.5 Mpixels/sec
3920
53.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR7836
106.8 Mpixels/sec
2572
2.07 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing5432
4.36 Mpixels/sec
1426
12.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion3040
27.2 Kpixels/sec
1440
46.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition3203
102.4 Words/sec
815
31.5 images/sec
Machine Learning1560
60.3 images/sec