Intel Core i7-970 vs Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-970 and Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

580Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score493
3238Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3068
6747PassMark CPU Mark Rating6218
1498PassMark Single Thread Rating1295

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-970ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2620 v2
3200 MHzFrequency2100 MHz
3460 MHzMaximum Frequency2600 MHz
6Cores6
12Threads12
130 WTDP80 W
GulftownCodenameIvy Bridge EP
FCLGA1366PackageFCLGA2011

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

580Single-Core Score488
2690Multi-Core Score6449
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.3.2 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Windows 10 (64-bit)Operating SystemUbuntu 20.04.2 LTS 5.4.0-65-generic x86_64
OEM OEMModelSupermicro X9DRD-iF/LF
EVGA X58 SLI FTW3MotherboardSupermicro X9DRD-iF

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-970NameIntel Xeon E5-2620 v2
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 ThreadsTopology2 Processors, 12 Cores, 24 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4
3.19 GHzBase Frequency2.60 GHz
3.45 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1366 LGAPackage
GulftownCodename
32.0 KB x 6L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
256 KB x 6L2 Cache256 KB x 6
12.0 MB x 1L3 Cache15.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

12.00 GBSize125.87 GB
530 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

580Single-Core Score488
562Crypto Score525
578Integer Score469
587Floating Point Score 522
562
980.4 MB/sec
AES-XTS525
916.5 MB/sec
726
3.67 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)571
2.89 MB/sec
676
32.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression481
22.8 Mpixels/sec
560
1.58 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)534
1.50 MTE/sec
573
673.4 KElements/sec
HTML5453
532.1 KElements/sec
547
171.4 Krows/sec
SQLite456
142.9 Krows/sec
588
31.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering453
24.6 Mpixels/sec
490
156.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering407
129.7 KB/sec
556
4.34 Klines/sec
Clang440
3.43 Klines/sec
524
6.07 images/sec
Camera445
5.16 images/sec
495
619.6 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics503
629.1 Kpairs/sec
618
3831.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics553
3425.5 FPS
455
25.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur395
21.7 Mpixels/sec
624
4.81 images/sec
Face Detection468
3.61 images/sec
631
15.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection480
11.8 Mpixels/sec
984
48.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting913
44.8 Mpixels/sec
1030
14.0 Mpixels/sec
HDR875
11.9 Mpixels/sec
649
521.2 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing605
486.2 Kpixels/sec
419
3.75 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion347
3.11 Kpixels/sec
685
21.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition562
18.0 Words/sec
276
10.7 images/sec
Machine Learning336
13.0 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2690Multi-Core Score6449
1436Crypto Score5232
2765Integer Score6350
2737Floating Point Score 6866
1436
2.45 GB/sec
AES-XTS5232
8.92 GB/sec
4631
23.4 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)8477
42.9 MB/sec
4190
198.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression7557
357.5 Mpixels/sec
1071
3.02 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)4986
14.1 MTE/sec
3559
4.18 MElements/sec
HTML55947
6.98 MElements/sec
3593
1.13 Mrows/sec
SQLite7191
2.25 Mrows/sec
3111
168.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering7240
392.9 Mpixels/sec
1586
505.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering5418
1.69 MB/sec
3512
27.4 Klines/sec
Clang6866
53.5 Klines/sec
2048
23.7 images/sec
Camera4566
52.9 images/sec
3090
3.87 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics4661
5.83 Mpairs/sec
4449
27563.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics9743
60360.4 FPS
2900
159.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur6221
342.0 Mpixels/sec
4023
31.0 images/sec
Face Detection7194
55.4 images/sec
2688
66.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection6923
170.6 Mpixels/sec
3621
177.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting10468
513.5 Mpixels/sec
5267
71.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR12196
166.2 Mpixels/sec
4270
3.43 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing9186
7.38 Mpixels/sec
2425
21.7 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion5254
47.1 Kpixels/sec
1298
41.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition5824
186.2 Words/sec
585
22.6 images/sec
Machine Learning3168
122.4 images/sec