Intel Xeon E3-1220 vs Intel Core i7-870

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E3-1220 and Intel Core i7-870. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Xeon E3-1220
Intel Xeon E3-1220
Intel Core i7-870
Intel Core i7-870

Performance (Benchmarks)

643Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score546
2119Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2059
3788PassMark CPU Mark Rating3048
1570PassMark Single Thread Rating1398
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score2464

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E3-1220ProcessorIntel Core i7-870
3100 MHzFrequency2930 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency3600 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
80 WTDP95 W
Sandy BridgeCodenameLynnfield
Socket 1155 LGAPackageLGA1156

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

678Single-Core Score545
1239Multi-Core Score826
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.10Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G66)
innotek GmbH VirtualBoxModeliMac (27-inch Mid 2010)
Model IDiMac11,3
Oracle Corporation VirtualBoxMotherboardApple Inc. Mac-F2238BAE iMac11,3

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3NameIntel Core i7-870
1 Processor, 2 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5
3.10 GHzBase Frequency2.93 GHz
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 2L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

1.95 GBSize16.00 GB
Transfer Rate1333 MT/s
TypeDDR3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

678Single-Core Score545
997Crypto Score63
628Integer Score586
732Floating Point Score 538
997
1.70 GB/sec		AES-XTS63
110.2 MB/sec
611
3.09 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)845
4.27 MB/sec
707
33.5 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression639
30.2 Mpixels/sec
509
1.44 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)654
1.84 MTE/sec
766
899.6 KElements/sec		HTML5514
603.1 KElements/sec
704
220.6 Krows/sec		SQLite566
177.5 Krows/sec
651
35.3 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering552
30.0 Mpixels/sec
481
153.3 KB/sec		Text Rendering466
148.5 KB/sec
667
5.19 Klines/sec		Clang551
4.29 Klines/sec
615
7.13 images/sec		Camera563
6.52 images/sec
619
774.9 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics487
609.0 Kpairs/sec
740
4582.2 FPS		Rigid Body Physics758
4698.8 FPS
619
34.0 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur488
26.9 Mpixels/sec
693
5.34 images/sec		Face Detection574
4.42 images/sec
668
16.5 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection542
13.4 Mpixels/sec
1187
58.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting988
48.5 Mpixels/sec
1292
17.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR859
11.7 Mpixels/sec
886
711.5 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing570
457.4 Kpixels/sec
638
5.72 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion360
3.23 Kpixels/sec
662
21.2 Words/sec		Speech Recognition527
16.8 Words/sec
426
16.4 images/sec		Machine Learning212
8.17 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1239Multi-Core Score826
1486Crypto Score123
1153Integer Score900
1384Floating Point Score 783
1486
2.53 GB/sec		AES-XTS123
215.2 MB/sec
1123
5.68 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1710
8.65 MB/sec
1305
61.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1110
52.5 Mpixels/sec
846
2.38 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1292
3.64 MTE/sec
1387
1.63 MElements/sec		HTML5664
780.1 KElements/sec
1372
429.8 Krows/sec		SQLite817
256.1 Krows/sec
1189
64.5 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering811
44.0 Mpixels/sec
854
272.1 KB/sec		Text Rendering654
208.5 KB/sec
1287
10.0 Klines/sec		Clang749
5.84 Klines/sec
1172
13.6 images/sec		Camera736
8.53 images/sec
1211
1.52 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics1088
1.36 Mpairs/sec
1463
9064.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1310
8114.3 FPS
1250
68.7 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur644
35.4 Mpixels/sec
1272
9.79 images/sec		Face Detection952
7.33 images/sec
1302
32.1 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection774
19.1 Mpixels/sec
2201
108.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1450
71.1 Mpixels/sec
2386
32.5 Mpixels/sec		HDR1220
16.6 Mpixels/sec
1963
1.58 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing883
709.2 Kpixels/sec
1239
11.1 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion421
3.77 Kpixels/sec
1031
33.0 Words/sec		Speech Recognition718
23.0 Words/sec
736
28.4 images/sec		Machine Learning211
8.17 images/sec