AMD Phenom II X4 980 vs Intel Xeon E5-2609

What is the difference between AMD Phenom II X4 980 and Intel Xeon E5-2609. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

501Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score483
1750Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1690
2829PassMark CPU Mark Rating2640
1521PassMark Single Thread Rating1059
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score2805

Processor Specs

AMD Phenom II X4 980ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2609
3700 MHzFrequency2400 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads4
125 WTDP80 W
DenebCodenameSandy Bridge-EP
Socket AM3 (938)PackageSocket 2011 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

508Single-Core Score480
1776Multi-Core Score1654
Geekbench 5.2.3 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.2.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3ModelSupermicro X9DRL-3F/iF
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3MotherboardSupermicro X9DRL-3F/iF
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD Phenom II X4 980NameIntel Xeon E5-2609
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7
3.72 GHzBase Frequency2.40 GHz
3.72 GHzMaximum Frequency2.40 GHz
Socket AM3 (938)PackageSocket 2011 LGA
DenebCodenameSandy Bridge-EP/EX
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 2
64.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 2
512 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 2
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache10.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize3.97 GB
805 MHzFrequency533 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels1

Geekbench 5 result (single)

508Single-Core Score480
72Crypto Score539
568Integer Score455
450Floating Point Score 523
72
125.9 MB/sec
AES-XTS539
940.6 MB/sec
765
3.87 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)618
3.12 MB/sec
660
31.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression531
25.1 Mpixels/sec
555
1.56 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)461
1.30 MTE/sec
576
676.8 KElements/sec
HTML5391
459.3 KElements/sec
553
173.2 Krows/sec
SQLite415
130.0 Krows/sec
544
29.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering481
26.1 Mpixels/sec
476
151.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering402
128.2 KB/sec
625
4.87 Klines/sec
Clang448
3.49 Klines/sec
425
4.92 images/sec
Camera394
4.57 images/sec
432
541.0 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics508
635.4 Kpairs/sec
566
3506.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics470
2911.7 FPS
313
17.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur469
25.8 Mpixels/sec
351
2.70 images/sec
Face Detection496
3.82 images/sec
392
9.65 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection491
12.1 Mpixels/sec
867
42.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting813
39.9 Mpixels/sec
847
11.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR891
12.1 Mpixels/sec
518
416.2 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing532
427.2 Kpixels/sec
288
2.58 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion356
3.19 Kpixels/sec
538
17.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition607
19.4 Words/sec
249
9.61 images/sec
Machine Learning351
13.6 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1776Multi-Core Score1654
284Crypto Score1408
1974Integer Score1591
1594Floating Point Score 1830
284
495.2 MB/sec
AES-XTS1408
2.40 GB/sec
2700
13.7 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2138
10.8 MB/sec
2304
109.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2038
96.4 Mpixels/sec
1332
3.76 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)896
2.53 MTE/sec
2228
2.62 MElements/sec
HTML51764
2.07 MElements/sec
2170
679.8 Krows/sec
SQLite1770
554.5 Krows/sec
2021
109.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1633
88.6 Mpixels/sec
1502
478.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering1145
364.8 KB/sec
2339
18.2 Klines/sec
Clang1800
14.0 Klines/sec
1603
18.6 images/sec
Camera1594
18.5 images/sec
1565
1.96 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1956
2.45 Mpairs/sec
2223
13775.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2029
12567.9 FPS
1148
63.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2013
110.7 Mpixels/sec
1310
10.1 images/sec
Face Detection1994
15.4 images/sec
1440
35.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1724
42.5 Mpixels/sec
2941
144.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2739
134.4 Mpixels/sec
3199
43.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR3104
42.3 Mpixels/sec
2062
1.66 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2384
1.91 Mpixels/sec
1113
9.97 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1327
11.9 Kpixels/sec
1426
45.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1442
46.1 Words/sec
726
28.0 images/sec
Machine Learning723
27.9 images/sec