Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2 vs Intel Core i7-2960XM

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2 and Intel Core i7-2960XM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

717Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score671
2404Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2353
4657PassMark CPU Mark Rating4423
1908PassMark Single Thread Rating1491
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score2855

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2ProcessorIntel Core i7-2960XM
3100 MHzFrequency2700 MHz
3500 MHzMaximum Frequency3700 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
69 WTDP55 W
GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
Ivy BridgeCodenameSandy Bridge
Socket 1155 LGAPackageSocket 988B rPGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

728Single-Core Score688
2431Multi-Core Score2531
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
GenericModelDell Inc. Precision M6600
ASRock B75M R2.0MotherboardDell Inc. 04YY4M
High performancePower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2NameIntel Core i7-2960XM
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
3.09 GHzBase Frequency2.69 GHz
3491 MHzMaximum Frequency3.69 GHz
Socket 1155 LGAPackageSocket 988B rPGA
Ivy BridgeCodenameSandy Bridge
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
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize24.00 GB
665 MHzFrequency798 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

728Single-Core Score688
827Crypto Score722
688Integer Score662
797Floating Point Score 737
827
1.41 GB/sec
AES-XTS722
1.23 GB/sec
818
4.14 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)749
3.79 MB/sec
812
38.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression744
35.2 Mpixels/sec
724
2.04 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)706
1.99 MTE/sec
493
579.1 KElements/sec
HTML5604
709.4 KElements/sec
654
204.9 Krows/sec
SQLite609
190.8 Krows/sec
711
38.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering662
35.9 Mpixels/sec
705
224.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering658
209.8 KB/sec
628
4.89 Klines/sec
Clang625
4.87 Klines/sec
705
8.17 images/sec
Camera622
7.21 images/sec
815
1.02 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics694
868.7 Kpairs/sec
775
4801.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics699
4332.5 FPS
700
38.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur562
30.9 Mpixels/sec
732
5.63 images/sec
Face Detection701
5.40 images/sec
736
18.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection712
17.5 Mpixels/sec
1276
62.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1189
58.3 Mpixels/sec
1302
17.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR1226
16.7 Mpixels/sec
858
688.9 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing812
652.2 Kpixels/sec
521
4.67 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion495
4.44 Kpixels/sec
836
26.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition807
25.8 Words/sec
558
21.5 images/sec
Machine Learning542
20.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2431Multi-Core Score2531
3053Crypto Score3293
2283Integer Score2491
2649Floating Point Score 2489
3053
5.20 GB/sec
AES-XTS3293
5.61 GB/sec
2782
14.1 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3392
17.2 MB/sec
2992
141.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3023
143.0 Mpixels/sec
1778
5.01 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2174
6.13 MTE/sec
1474
1.73 MElements/sec
HTML52542
2.98 MElements/sec
2461
771.0 Krows/sec
SQLite2673
837.3 Krows/sec
2458
133.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2704
146.8 Mpixels/sec
2284
727.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering2316
737.9 KB/sec
2359
18.4 Klines/sec
Clang2206
17.2 Klines/sec
2371
27.5 images/sec
Camera1766
20.5 images/sec
2793
3.49 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2074
2.59 Mpairs/sec
2472
15314.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2962
18352.6 FPS
2658
146.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2204
121.2 Mpixels/sec
2647
20.4 images/sec
Face Detection2567
19.8 images/sec
2737
67.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2687
66.2 Mpixels/sec
3670
180.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3880
190.4 Mpixels/sec
4726
64.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR4152
56.6 Mpixels/sec
3447
2.77 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3455
2.77 Mpixels/sec
1937
17.4 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1675
15.0 Kpixels/sec
2056
65.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2137
68.3 Words/sec
1423
55.0 images/sec
Machine Learning1222
47.2 images/sec