Intel Xeon E3-1220 vs Intel Core i7-950

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E3-1220 and Intel Core i7-950. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

643Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score530
2119Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2101
3788PassMark CPU Mark Rating3106
1570PassMark Single Thread Rating1391
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score2532

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E3-1220ProcessorIntel Core i7-950
3100 MHzFrequency3070 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency3330 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
80 WTDP130 W
Sandy BridgeCodenameBloomfield
Socket 1155 LGAPackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

678Single-Core Score529
1239Multi-Core Score1984
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.10Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
innotek GmbH VirtualBoxModelMSI MS-7522
Oracle Corporation VirtualBoxMotherboardMSI MSI X58 Pro-E SLI (MS-7522)
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3NameIntel Core i7-950
1 Processor, 2 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
3.10 GHzBase Frequency3.08 GHz
Maximum Frequency3341 MHz
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
CodenameBloomfield
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
Frequency534 MHz
TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

678Single-Core Score529
997Crypto Score59
628Integer Score550
732Floating Point Score 561
997
1.70 GB/sec
AES-XTS59
103.2 MB/sec
611
3.09 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)696
3.52 MB/sec
707
33.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression632
29.9 Mpixels/sec
509
1.44 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)567
1.60 MTE/sec
766
899.6 KElements/sec
HTML5533
626.2 KElements/sec
704
220.6 Krows/sec
SQLite513
160.8 Krows/sec
651
35.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering544
29.5 Mpixels/sec
481
153.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering489
155.8 KB/sec
667
5.19 Klines/sec
Clang532
4.14 Klines/sec
615
7.13 images/sec
Camera477
5.52 images/sec
619
774.9 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics485
607.2 Kpairs/sec
740
4582.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics580
3591.1 FPS
619
34.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur489
26.9 Mpixels/sec
693
5.34 images/sec
Face Detection579
4.46 images/sec
668
16.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection586
14.4 Mpixels/sec
1187
58.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting956
46.9 Mpixels/sec
1292
17.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR947
12.9 Mpixels/sec
886
711.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing591
474.4 Kpixels/sec
638
5.72 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion393
3.52 Kpixels/sec
662
21.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition661
21.1 Words/sec
426
16.4 images/sec
Machine Learning267
10.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1239Multi-Core Score1984
1486Crypto Score259
1153Integer Score2086
1384Floating Point Score 2052
1486
2.53 GB/sec
AES-XTS259
451.5 MB/sec
1123
5.68 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3209
16.2 MB/sec
1305
61.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2838
134.2 Mpixels/sec
846
2.38 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1752
4.94 MTE/sec
1387
1.63 MElements/sec
HTML52220
2.61 MElements/sec
1372
429.8 Krows/sec
SQLite1838
575.9 Krows/sec
1189
64.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2414
131.0 Mpixels/sec
854
272.1 KB/sec
Text Rendering1624
517.3 KB/sec
1287
10.0 Klines/sec
Clang1906
14.9 Klines/sec
1172
13.6 images/sec
Camera1537
17.8 images/sec
1211
1.52 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1632
2.04 Mpairs/sec
1463
9064.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2412
14941.5 FPS
1250
68.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1606
88.3 Mpixels/sec
1272
9.79 images/sec
Face Detection2190
16.9 images/sec
1302
32.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2553
62.9 Mpixels/sec
2201
108.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3100
152.1 Mpixels/sec
2386
32.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR4181
57.0 Mpixels/sec
1963
1.58 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2700
2.17 Mpixels/sec
1239
11.1 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1685
15.1 Kpixels/sec
1031
33.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1800
57.5 Words/sec
736
28.4 images/sec
Machine Learning725
28.0 images/sec