AMD Phenom II X4 980 vs Intel Xeon E5520

What is the difference between AMD Phenom II X4 980 and Intel Xeon E5520. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

501Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score376
1750Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1644
2829PassMark CPU Mark Rating2514
1521PassMark Single Thread Rating1036

Processor Specs

AMD Phenom II X4 980ProcessorIntel Xeon E5520
3700 MHzFrequency2270 MHz
Maximum Frequency2530 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
125 WTDP80 W
DenebCodenameGainestown
Socket AM3 (938)PackageSocket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

508Single-Core Score371
1776Multi-Core Score2617
Geekbench 5.2.3 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G9323)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3ModelMacPro5,1
Model IDMacPro5,1
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3MotherboardApple Inc. Mac-F221BEC8

CPU Specifications

AMD Phenom II X4 980NameIntel Xeon E5520
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology2 Processors, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
3.72 GHzBase Frequency2.26 GHz
3.72 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket AM3 (938)Package
DenebCodename
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
64.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
512 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize16.00 GB
805 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate1066 MT/s
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

508Single-Core Score371
72Crypto Score41
568Integer Score379
450Floating Point Score 409
72
125.9 MB/sec
AES-XTS41
71.6 MB/sec
765
3.87 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)434
2.19 MB/sec
660
31.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression421
19.9 Mpixels/sec
555
1.56 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)434
1.22 MTE/sec
576
676.8 KElements/sec
HTML5318
373.2 KElements/sec
553
173.2 Krows/sec
SQLite383
120.1 Krows/sec
544
29.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering305
16.5 Mpixels/sec
476
151.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering361
114.9 KB/sec
625
4.87 Klines/sec
Clang387
3.01 Klines/sec
425
4.92 images/sec
Camera393
4.55 images/sec
432
541.0 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics301
376.7 Kpairs/sec
566
3506.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics560
3471.5 FPS
313
17.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur310
17.0 Mpixels/sec
351
2.70 images/sec
Face Detection444
3.42 images/sec
392
9.65 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection420
10.3 Mpixels/sec
867
42.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting541
26.6 Mpixels/sec
847
11.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR745
10.2 Mpixels/sec
518
416.2 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing468
375.6 Kpixels/sec
288
2.58 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion317
2.84 Kpixels/sec
538
17.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition428
13.7 Words/sec
249
9.61 images/sec
Machine Learning214
8.25 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1776Multi-Core Score2617
284Crypto Score334
1974Integer Score2685
1594Floating Point Score 2849
284
495.2 MB/sec
AES-XTS334
582.8 MB/sec
2700
13.7 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4031
20.4 MB/sec
2304
109.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3611
170.8 Mpixels/sec
1332
3.76 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2394
6.75 MTE/sec
2228
2.62 MElements/sec
HTML52476
2.91 MElements/sec
2170
679.8 Krows/sec
SQLite3061
958.9 Krows/sec
2021
109.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2294
124.5 Mpixels/sec
1502
478.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering2108
671.7 KB/sec
2339
18.2 Klines/sec
Clang3106
24.2 Klines/sec
1603
18.6 images/sec
Camera1828
21.2 images/sec
1565
1.96 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2092
2.62 Mpairs/sec
2223
13775.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics4290
26580.5 FPS
1148
63.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2838
156.0 Mpixels/sec
1310
10.1 images/sec
Face Detection3728
28.7 images/sec
1440
35.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2850
70.2 Mpixels/sec
2941
144.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4557
223.6 Mpixels/sec
3199
43.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR5190
70.7 Mpixels/sec
2062
1.66 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2928
2.35 Mpixels/sec
1113
9.97 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2184
19.6 Kpixels/sec
1426
45.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2371
75.8 Words/sec
726
28.0 images/sec
Machine Learning1034
40.0 images/sec