AMD FX-9590 vs Intel Xeon X5660

What is the difference between AMD FX-9590 and Intel Xeon X5660. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

636Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score537
3100Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2963
PassMark CPU Mark Rating6210
PassMark Single Thread Rating1392

Processor Specs

AMD FX-9590ProcessorIntel Xeon X5660
4700 MHzFrequency2800 MHz
5000 MHzMaximum Frequency3200 MHz
8Cores6
8Threads12
220 WTDP95 W
VisheraCodenameWestmere-EP
Socket AM3+PackageSocket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

637Single-Core Score538
3323Multi-Core Score2726
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa 5.4.0-66-generic x86_64
To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M.ModelIntel Thurley
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-ZMotherboardKoloe X58
EquilibradoPower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-9590NameIntel Xeon X5660
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 2 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
4.70 GHzBase Frequency2.68 GHz
4999 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket AM3+ (942)Package
VisheraCodename
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 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize11.69 GB
799 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

637Single-Core Score538
890Crypto Score490
642Integer Score536
585Floating Point Score 549
890
1.52 GB/sec
AES-XTS490
854.9 MB/sec
869
4.39 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)695
3.52 MB/sec
795
37.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression553
26.2 Mpixels/sec
586
1.65 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)572
1.61 MTE/sec
600
705.0 KElements/sec
HTML5538
632.1 KElements/sec
657
205.9 Krows/sec
SQLite517
162.0 Krows/sec
645
35.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering522
28.3 Mpixels/sec
485
154.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering429
136.6 KB/sec
650
5.06 Klines/sec
Clang539
4.20 Klines/sec
568
6.58 images/sec
Camera497
5.76 images/sec
522
653.5 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics488
611.0 Kpairs/sec
534
3308.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics627
3887.0 FPS
405
22.3 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur453
24.9 Mpixels/sec
562
4.33 images/sec
Face Detection491
3.78 images/sec
455
11.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection564
13.9 Mpixels/sec
1205
59.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting982
48.2 Mpixels/sec
1140
15.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR952
13.0 Mpixels/sec
639
513.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing632
507.5 Kpixels/sec
425
3.81 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion373
3.34 Kpixels/sec
737
23.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition666
21.3 Words/sec
346
13.4 images/sec
Machine Learning242
9.33 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3323Multi-Core Score2726
2218Crypto Score1345
3406Integer Score2730
3328Floating Point Score 2947
2218
3.78 GB/sec
AES-XTS1345
2.29 GB/sec
5201
26.3 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4582
23.2 MB/sec
4859
229.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3226
152.6 Mpixels/sec
1907
5.38 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1074
3.03 MTE/sec
3383
3.97 MElements/sec
HTML53512
4.12 MElements/sec
3997
1.25 Mrows/sec
SQLite3464
1.09 Mrows/sec
3672
199.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2877
156.1 Mpixels/sec
2213
705.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering1622
516.9 KB/sec
3913
30.5 Klines/sec
Clang3790
29.5 Klines/sec
2976
34.5 images/sec
Camera2464
28.6 images/sec
3027
3.79 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3161
3.95 Mpairs/sec
4006
24818.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics4761
29498.4 FPS
2977
163.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2851
156.7 Mpixels/sec
4101
31.6 images/sec
Face Detection3340
25.7 images/sec
2890
71.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection3303
81.4 Mpixels/sec
5869
287.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4155
203.8 Mpixels/sec
6592
89.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR5519
75.2 Mpixels/sec
4228
3.40 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4416
3.55 Mpixels/sec
2656
23.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2459
22.0 Kpixels/sec
2476
79.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1728
55.2 Words/sec
1204
46.5 images/sec
Machine Learning715
27.6 images/sec