Intel Xeon W5580 vs Intel Core i7-950

What is the difference between Intel Xeon W5580 and Intel Core i7-950. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

558Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score530
2294Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2101
3386PassMark CPU Mark Rating3106
1503PassMark Single Thread Rating1391
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score2532

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon W5580ProcessorIntel Core i7-950
3200 MHzFrequency3070 MHz
3460 MHzMaximum Frequency3330 MHz
4Cores4
8Threads8
130 WTDP130 W
Nehalem-EPCodenameBloomfield
Socket 1366 LGAPackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

557Single-Core Score529
2098Multi-Core Score1984
Geekbench 5.2.3 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T5500ModelMSI MS-7522
Dell Inc. 0D883FMotherboardMSI MSI X58 Pro-E SLI (MS-7522)
BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon W5580NameIntel Core i7-950
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
3.20 GHzBase Frequency3.08 GHz
3.46 GHzMaximum Frequency3341 MHz
Socket 1366 LGAPackageSocket 1366 LGA
GainestownCodenameBloomfield
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 4
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize16.00 GB
664 MHzFrequency534 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

557Single-Core Score529
66Crypto Score59
582Integer Score550
585Floating Point Score 561
66
114.4 MB/sec
AES-XTS59
103.2 MB/sec
686
3.47 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)696
3.52 MB/sec
689
32.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression632
29.9 Mpixels/sec
612
1.72 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)567
1.60 MTE/sec
558
654.9 KElements/sec
HTML5533
626.2 KElements/sec
534
167.2 Krows/sec
SQLite513
160.8 Krows/sec
599
32.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering544
29.5 Mpixels/sec
489
155.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering489
155.8 KB/sec
565
4.40 Klines/sec
Clang532
4.14 Klines/sec
536
6.21 images/sec
Camera477
5.52 images/sec
460
575.5 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics485
607.2 Kpairs/sec
623
3858.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics580
3591.1 FPS
509
28.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur489
26.9 Mpixels/sec
624
4.80 images/sec
Face Detection579
4.46 images/sec
646
15.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection586
14.4 Mpixels/sec
961
47.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting956
46.9 Mpixels/sec
1038
14.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR947
12.9 Mpixels/sec
652
523.3 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing591
474.4 Kpixels/sec
432
3.87 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion393
3.52 Kpixels/sec
610
19.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition661
21.1 Words/sec
275
10.6 images/sec
Machine Learning267
10.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2098Multi-Core Score1984
260Crypto Score259
2195Integer Score2086
2193Floating Point Score 2052
260
454.1 MB/sec
AES-XTS259
451.5 MB/sec
3133
15.8 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3209
16.2 MB/sec
2829
133.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2838
134.2 Mpixels/sec
1726
4.87 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1752
4.94 MTE/sec
2176
2.55 MElements/sec
HTML52220
2.61 MElements/sec
2072
649.0 Krows/sec
SQLite1838
575.9 Krows/sec
2417
131.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2414
131.0 Mpixels/sec
1736
553.1 KB/sec
Text Rendering1624
517.3 KB/sec
2285
17.8 Klines/sec
Clang1906
14.9 Klines/sec
1787
20.7 images/sec
Camera1537
17.8 images/sec
2022
2.53 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1632
2.04 Mpairs/sec
2681
16609.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2412
14941.5 FPS
1807
99.3 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1606
88.3 Mpixels/sec
2439
18.8 images/sec
Face Detection2190
16.9 images/sec
2601
64.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2553
62.9 Mpixels/sec
3294
161.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3100
152.1 Mpixels/sec
4139
56.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR4181
57.0 Mpixels/sec
2779
2.23 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2700
2.17 Mpixels/sec
1730
15.5 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1685
15.1 Kpixels/sec
1879
60.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1800
57.5 Words/sec
739
28.6 images/sec
Machine Learning725
28.0 images/sec