Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-6600 and Intel Xeon E5-1620. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

957Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score732
3110Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3080
6093PassMark CPU Mark Rating5867
2278PassMark Single Thread Rating1776
34963DMark Time Spy Physics Score3180

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-6600ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-1620
3300 MHzFrequency3600 MHz
3900 MHzMaximum Frequency3800 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
65 WTDP130 W
Intel HD Graphics 530GPU
SkylakeCodenameSandy Bridge-EP
FCLGA1151PackageSocket 2011 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

958Single-Core Score741
3309Multi-Core Score3119
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 10.14.5 (Build 18F132)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)ModelLENOVO 060616U
iMac17,1Model ID
Dell Inc. Mac-DB15BD556843C820 iMac17,1MotherboardLENOVO LENOVO
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-6600NameIntel Xeon E5-1620
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7
3.31 GHzBase Frequency3.59 GHz
Maximum Frequency3789 MHz
PackageSocket 2011 LGA
CodenameSandy Bridge-EP/EX
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 Cache10.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize31.95 GB
Frequency797 MHz
2133 MT/sTransfer Rate
DDR4TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

958Single-Core Score741
983Crypto Score831
949Integer Score704
974Floating Point Score 806
983
1.68 GB/sec
AES-XTS831
1.42 GB/sec
971
4.91 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)864
4.37 MB/sec
1000
47.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression753
35.6 Mpixels/sec
941
2.65 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)658
1.85 MTE/sec
831
975.4 KElements/sec
HTML5662
777.3 KElements/sec
926
290.0 Krows/sec
SQLite661
207.2 Krows/sec
977
53.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering722
39.2 Mpixels/sec
960
305.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering670
213.6 KB/sec
943
7.35 Klines/sec
Clang690
5.38 Klines/sec
1000
11.6 images/sec
Camera681
7.90 images/sec
936
1.17 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics781
976.7 Kpairs/sec
1185
7339.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics767
4750.6 FPS
287
15.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur705
38.7 Mpixels/sec
600
4.62 images/sec
Face Detection751
5.78 images/sec
982
24.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection772
19.0 Mpixels/sec
1950
95.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1231
60.4 Mpixels/sec
1826
24.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR1353
18.4 Mpixels/sec
1070
859.4 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing843
676.9 Kpixels/sec
946
8.47 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion529
4.74 Kpixels/sec
1000
32.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition899
28.7 Words/sec
1108
42.8 images/sec
Machine Learning572
22.1 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3309Multi-Core Score3119
4005Crypto Score3461
3097Integer Score3036
3651Floating Point Score 3242
4005
6.83 GB/sec
AES-XTS3461
5.90 GB/sec
3011
15.2 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4154
21.0 MB/sec
3653
172.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3750
177.4 Mpixels/sec
2234
6.30 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2210
6.23 MTE/sec
2903
3.41 MElements/sec
HTML52946
3.46 MElements/sec
3371
1.06 Mrows/sec
SQLite3220
1.01 Mrows/sec
3115
169.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3433
186.3 Mpixels/sec
3118
993.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering2419
770.8 KB/sec
3337
26.0 Klines/sec
Clang3198
24.9 Klines/sec
3366
39.0 images/sec
Camera2524
29.3 images/sec
3146
3.94 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3510
4.39 Mpairs/sec
4373
27092.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3979
24653.1 FPS
3446
189.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2728
150.0 Mpixels/sec
3834
29.5 images/sec
Face Detection3317
25.5 images/sec
3371
83.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection3389
83.5 Mpixels/sec
5114
250.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4644
227.8 Mpixels/sec
6310
86.0 Mpixels/sec
HDR5925
80.7 Mpixels/sec
5525
4.44 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4177
3.35 Mpixels/sec
3268
29.3 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2409
21.6 Kpixels/sec
2139
68.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2503
80.0 Words/sec
2011
77.7 images/sec
Machine Learning1402
54.2 images/sec