Intel Core i5-2500K vs Intel Xeon E3-1240

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-2500K and Intel Xeon E3-1240. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

793Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score701
2605Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2561
4087PassMark CPU Mark Rating5270
1697PassMark Single Thread Rating1714
28573DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-2500KProcessorIntel Xeon E3-1240
3300 MHzFrequency3300 MHz
3700 MHzMaximum Frequency3700 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
95 WTDP80 W
Intel HD Graphics 3000GPU
Sandy BridgeCodenameSandy Bridge
LGA1155PackageSocket 1155 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

778Single-Core Score754
2705Multi-Core Score2779
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 11.5.1 (Build 20G80)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
iMac19,1ModelDell Inc. OptiPlex 990
iMac19,1Model ID
Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1MotherboardDell Inc. 0D6H9T
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-2500KNameIntel Xeon E3-1240
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
3.31 GHzBase Frequency3.25 GHz
Maximum Frequency3.65 GHz
PackageSocket 1155 LGA
CodenameSandy Bridge-WS
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize8.00 GB
Frequency657 MHz
RAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

778Single-Core Score754
850Crypto Score812
726Integer Score727
879Floating Point Score 804
850
1.45 GB/sec
AES-XTS812
1.38 GB/sec
903
4.57 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)856
4.33 MB/sec
759
35.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression815
38.5 Mpixels/sec
829
2.34 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)730
2.06 MTE/sec
599
702.8 KElements/sec
HTML5695
816.2 KElements/sec
676
211.7 Krows/sec
SQLite676
211.8 Krows/sec
720
39.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering713
38.7 Mpixels/sec
667
212.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering687
218.8 KB/sec
670
5.22 Klines/sec
Clang697
5.43 Klines/sec
753
8.73 images/sec
Camera694
8.04 images/sec
801
1.00 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics797
996.6 Kpairs/sec
984
6095.7 FPS
Rigid Body Physics767
4748.9 FPS
726
39.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur698
38.4 Mpixels/sec
823
6.33 images/sec
Face Detection753
5.79 images/sec
807
19.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection778
19.2 Mpixels/sec
1483
72.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1296
63.6 Mpixels/sec
1437
19.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR1342
18.3 Mpixels/sec
955
766.9 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing792
635.9 Kpixels/sec
596
5.34 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion539
4.83 Kpixels/sec
873
27.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition842
26.9 Words/sec
602
23.3 images/sec
Machine Learning579
22.4 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2705Multi-Core Score2779
3013Crypto Score2999
2528Integer Score2740
3036Floating Point Score 2828
3013
5.14 GB/sec
AES-XTS2999
5.11 GB/sec
3007
15.2 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3649
18.5 MB/sec
2881
136.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3490
165.1 Mpixels/sec
2138
6.03 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1908
5.38 MTE/sec
2231
2.62 MElements/sec
HTML52659
3.12 MElements/sec
2672
837.1 Krows/sec
SQLite3040
952.3 Krows/sec
2582
140.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3034
164.6 Mpixels/sec
2122
676.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering2169
691.2 KB/sec
2565
20.0 Klines/sec
Clang2811
21.9 Klines/sec
2716
31.5 images/sec
Camera2392
27.7 images/sec
2747
3.44 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3076
3.85 Mpairs/sec
3850
23849.8 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3609
22356.7 FPS
3169
174.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2430
133.6 Mpixels/sec
3232
24.9 images/sec
Face Detection3027
23.3 images/sec
2910
71.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection3074
75.8 Mpixels/sec
4417
216.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4123
202.3 Mpixels/sec
5315
72.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR5350
72.9 Mpixels/sec
4049
3.25 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3309
2.66 Mpixels/sec
2242
20.1 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2192
19.6 Kpixels/sec
1995
63.8 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2035
65.1 Words/sec
1509
58.3 images/sec
Machine Learning1134
43.8 images/sec