Intel Xeon W5580 vs Intel Core i7-960

What is the difference between Intel Xeon W5580 and Intel Core i7-960. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

558Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score545
2294Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2134
3386PassMark CPU Mark Rating3251
1503PassMark Single Thread Rating1456
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score2593

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon W5580ProcessorIntel Core i7-960
3200 MHzFrequency3200 MHz
3460 MHzMaximum Frequency3460 MHz
4Cores4
8Threads8
130 WTDP130 W
Nehalem-EPCodenameBloomfield
Socket 1366 LGAPackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

557Single-Core Score540
2098Multi-Core Score2393
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 Home (64-bit)
Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T5500ModelAlienware Area 51
Dell Inc. 0D883FMotherboardAlienware 0J560M
BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon W5580NameIntel Core i7-960
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 Frequency3.22 GHz
3.46 GHzMaximum Frequency3475 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 GBSize24.00 GB
664 MHzFrequency668 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

557Single-Core Score540
66Crypto Score59
582Integer Score553
585Floating Point Score 593
66
114.4 MB/sec
AES-XTS59
103.2 MB/sec
686
3.47 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)672
3.40 MB/sec
689
32.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression625
29.6 Mpixels/sec
612
1.72 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)620
1.75 MTE/sec
558
654.9 KElements/sec
HTML5541
635.4 KElements/sec
534
167.2 Krows/sec
SQLite503
157.4 Krows/sec
599
32.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering558
30.3 Mpixels/sec
489
155.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering488
155.5 KB/sec
565
4.40 Klines/sec
Clang526
4.10 Klines/sec
536
6.21 images/sec
Camera475
5.51 images/sec
460
575.5 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics460
576.0 Kpairs/sec
623
3858.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics589
3648.7 FPS
509
28.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur507
27.9 Mpixels/sec
624
4.80 images/sec
Face Detection624
4.80 images/sec
646
15.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection638
15.7 Mpixels/sec
961
47.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting977
47.9 Mpixels/sec
1038
14.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR1022
13.9 Mpixels/sec
652
523.3 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing649
520.8 Kpixels/sec
432
3.87 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion436
3.91 Kpixels/sec
610
19.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition728
23.3 Words/sec
275
10.6 images/sec
Machine Learning284
11.0 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2098Multi-Core Score2393
260Crypto Score280
2195Integer Score2538
2193Floating Point Score 2430
260
454.1 MB/sec
AES-XTS280
487.9 MB/sec
3133
15.8 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3643
18.4 MB/sec
2829
133.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3146
148.9 Mpixels/sec
1726
4.87 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2327
6.56 MTE/sec
2176
2.55 MElements/sec
HTML52390
2.81 MElements/sec
2072
649.0 Krows/sec
SQLite2456
769.5 Krows/sec
2417
131.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2808
152.4 Mpixels/sec
1736
553.1 KB/sec
Text Rendering2067
658.4 KB/sec
2285
17.8 Klines/sec
Clang2479
19.3 Klines/sec
1787
20.7 images/sec
Camera1943
22.5 images/sec
2022
2.53 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2105
2.63 Mpairs/sec
2681
16609.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2659
16476.5 FPS
1807
99.3 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1823
100.2 Mpixels/sec
2439
18.8 images/sec
Face Detection2733
21.0 images/sec
2601
64.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2945
72.6 Mpixels/sec
3294
161.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3705
181.8 Mpixels/sec
4139
56.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR4690
63.9 Mpixels/sec
2779
2.23 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3008
2.42 Mpixels/sec
1730
15.5 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1904
17.1 Kpixels/sec
1879
60.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2216
70.9 Words/sec
739
28.6 images/sec
Machine Learning964
37.2 images/sec