Intel Core i7-2700K vs Intel Xeon X5660

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-2700K and Intel Xeon X5660. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

796Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score537
3016Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2963
5629PassMark CPU Mark Rating6210
1790PassMark Single Thread Rating1392
35983DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-2700KProcessorIntel Xeon X5660
3500 MHzFrequency2800 MHz
3900 MHzMaximum Frequency3200 MHz
4Cores6
8Threads12
95 WTDP95 W
Intel HD Graphics 3000GPU
Sandy BridgeCodenameWestmere-EP
LGA1155PackageSocket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

792Single-Core Score538
2941Multi-Core Score2726
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa 5.4.0-66-generic x86_64
System manufacturer System Product NameModelIntel Thurley
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8B75-M LEMotherboardKoloe X58

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-2700KNameIntel Xeon X5660
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
3.49 GHzBase Frequency2.68 GHz
3.89 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1155 LGAPackage
Sandy BridgeCodename
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
256 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 6
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

12.00 GBSize11.69 GB
665 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

792Single-Core Score538
834Crypto Score490
761Integer Score536
851Floating Point Score 549
834
1.42 GB/sec
AES-XTS490
854.9 MB/sec
929
4.70 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)695
3.52 MB/sec
853
40.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression553
26.2 Mpixels/sec
750
2.12 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)572
1.61 MTE/sec
729
856.0 KElements/sec
HTML5538
632.1 KElements/sec
703
220.4 Krows/sec
SQLite517
162.0 Krows/sec
768
41.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering522
28.3 Mpixels/sec
689
219.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering429
136.6 KB/sec
744
5.80 Klines/sec
Clang539
4.20 Klines/sec
718
8.33 images/sec
Camera497
5.76 images/sec
876
1.10 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics488
611.0 Kpairs/sec
805
4988.8 FPS
Rigid Body Physics627
3887.0 FPS
754
41.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur453
24.9 Mpixels/sec
783
6.03 images/sec
Face Detection491
3.78 images/sec
799
19.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection564
13.9 Mpixels/sec
1323
64.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting982
48.2 Mpixels/sec
1403
19.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR952
13.0 Mpixels/sec
906
727.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing632
507.5 Kpixels/sec
559
5.01 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion373
3.34 Kpixels/sec
915
29.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition666
21.3 Words/sec
594
22.9 images/sec
Machine Learning242
9.33 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2941Multi-Core Score2726
2979Crypto Score1345
2915Integer Score2730
2992Floating Point Score 2947
2979
5.08 GB/sec
AES-XTS1345
2.29 GB/sec
3965
20.1 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4582
23.2 MB/sec
3717
175.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3226
152.6 Mpixels/sec
1938
5.47 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1074
3.03 MTE/sec
2861
3.36 MElements/sec
HTML53512
4.12 MElements/sec
3115
975.9 Krows/sec
SQLite3464
1.09 Mrows/sec
3227
175.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2877
156.1 Mpixels/sec
2254
718.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering1622
516.9 KB/sec
3149
24.5 Klines/sec
Clang3790
29.5 Klines/sec
2609
30.2 images/sec
Camera2464
28.6 images/sec
3503
4.38 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3161
3.95 Mpairs/sec
3880
24040.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics4761
29498.4 FPS
2610
143.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2851
156.7 Mpixels/sec
3233
24.9 images/sec
Face Detection3340
25.7 images/sec
3177
78.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection3303
81.4 Mpixels/sec
4311
211.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4155
203.8 Mpixels/sec
5495
74.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR5519
75.2 Mpixels/sec
4065
3.26 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4416
3.55 Mpixels/sec
2324
20.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2459
22.0 Kpixels/sec
1839
58.8 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1728
55.2 Words/sec
1146
44.3 images/sec
Machine Learning715
27.6 images/sec