Intel Xeon E3-1225 vs Intel Core i7-960

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E3-1225 and Intel Core i7-960. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

645Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score545
2154Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2134
3778PassMark CPU Mark Rating3251
1563PassMark Single Thread Rating1456
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score2593

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E3-1225ProcessorIntel Core i7-960
3100 MHzFrequency3200 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency3460 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
95 WTDP130 W
Sandy BridgeCodenameBloomfield
Socket 1155 LGAPackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

642Single-Core Score540
2322Multi-Core Score2393
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Hewlett-Packard HP Z220 CMT WorkstationModelAlienware Area 51
Hewlett-Packard 1790MotherboardAlienware 0J560M
Bitsum Highest PerformancePower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E3-1225 V2NameIntel Core i7-960
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
3.19 GHzBase Frequency3.22 GHz
3591 MHzMaximum Frequency3475 MHz
Socket 1155 LGAPackageSocket 1366 LGA
Ivy BridgeCodenameBloomfield
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
798 MHzFrequency668 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

642Single-Core Score540
782Crypto Score59
599Integer Score553
712Floating Point Score 593
782
1.33 GB/sec
AES-XTS59
103.2 MB/sec
684
3.46 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)672
3.40 MB/sec
781
37.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression625
29.6 Mpixels/sec
572
1.61 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)620
1.75 MTE/sec
544
639.3 KElements/sec
HTML5541
635.4 KElements/sec
542
169.9 Krows/sec
SQLite503
157.4 Krows/sec
612
33.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering558
30.3 Mpixels/sec
592
188.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering488
155.5 KB/sec
556
4.33 Klines/sec
Clang526
4.10 Klines/sec
546
6.33 images/sec
Camera475
5.51 images/sec
561
702.2 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics460
576.0 Kpairs/sec
669
4143.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics589
3648.7 FPS
595
32.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur507
27.9 Mpixels/sec
641
4.94 images/sec
Face Detection624
4.80 images/sec
659
16.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection638
15.7 Mpixels/sec
1261
61.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting977
47.9 Mpixels/sec
1291
17.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR1022
13.9 Mpixels/sec
885
710.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing649
520.8 Kpixels/sec
471
4.22 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion436
3.91 Kpixels/sec
718
23.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition728
23.3 Words/sec
519
20.1 images/sec
Machine Learning284
11.0 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2322Multi-Core Score2393
2500Crypto Score280
2219Integer Score2538
2515Floating Point Score 2430
2500
4.26 GB/sec
AES-XTS280
487.9 MB/sec
2230
11.3 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3643
18.4 MB/sec
2900
137.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3146
148.9 Mpixels/sec
1524
4.30 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2327
6.56 MTE/sec
2142
2.51 MElements/sec
HTML52390
2.81 MElements/sec
2250
705.1 Krows/sec
SQLite2456
769.5 Krows/sec
2391
129.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2808
152.4 Mpixels/sec
2138
681.1 KB/sec
Text Rendering2067
658.4 KB/sec
2336
18.2 Klines/sec
Clang2479
19.3 Klines/sec
2304
26.7 images/sec
Camera1943
22.5 images/sec
2575
3.22 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2105
2.63 Mpairs/sec
2796
17322.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2659
16476.5 FPS
2576
141.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1823
100.2 Mpixels/sec
2521
19.4 images/sec
Face Detection2733
21.0 images/sec
2469
60.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2945
72.6 Mpixels/sec
3846
188.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3705
181.8 Mpixels/sec
4546
61.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR4690
63.9 Mpixels/sec
3264
2.62 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3008
2.42 Mpixels/sec
1873
16.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1904
17.1 Kpixels/sec
1692
54.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2216
70.9 Words/sec
1222
47.2 images/sec
Machine Learning964
37.2 images/sec