Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 vs Intel Core i7-970

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Intel Core i7-970. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
Intel Core i7-970
Intel Core i7-970

Performance (Benchmarks)

606Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score580
4935Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3238
9959PassMark CPU Mark Rating6747
1684PassMark Single Thread Rating1498

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2ProcessorIntel Core i7-970
2600 MHzFrequency3200 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency3460 MHz
8Cores6
16Threads12
95 WTDP130 W
Ivy Bridge EPCodenameGulftown
FCLGA2011PackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

608Single-Core Score580
1412Multi-Core Score2690
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTSOperating SystemWindows 10 (64-bit)
Xen HVM domUModelOEM OEM
N/AMotherboardEVGA X58 SLI FTW3

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2NameIntel Core i7-970
3 Processors, 3 CoresTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
2.59 GHzBase Frequency3.19 GHz
Maximum Frequency3.45 GHz
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
CodenameGulftown
32.0 KB x 1L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 1L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
256 KB x 1L2 Cache256 KB x 6
20.0 MB x 1L3 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

2.89 GBSize12.00 GB
Frequency530 MHz
TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

608Single-Core Score580
670Crypto Score562
549Integer Score578
725Floating Point Score 587
670
1.14 GB/sec		AES-XTS562
980.4 MB/sec
749
3.79 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)726
3.67 MB/sec
643
30.4 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression676
32.0 Mpixels/sec
656
1.85 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)560
1.58 MTE/sec
205
240.3 KElements/sec		HTML5573
673.4 KElements/sec
659
206.3 Krows/sec		SQLite547
171.4 Krows/sec
602
32.7 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering588
31.9 Mpixels/sec
431
137.4 KB/sec		Text Rendering490
156.3 KB/sec
631
4.92 Klines/sec		Clang556
4.34 Klines/sec
650
7.53 images/sec		Camera524
6.07 images/sec
692
866.4 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics495
619.6 Kpairs/sec
797
4937.8 FPS		Rigid Body Physics618
3831.2 FPS
569
31.3 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur455
25.0 Mpixels/sec
693
5.34 images/sec		Face Detection624
4.81 images/sec
661
16.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection631
15.5 Mpixels/sec
1238
60.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting984
48.3 Mpixels/sec
1261
17.2 Mpixels/sec		HDR1030
14.0 Mpixels/sec
867
696.2 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing649
521.2 Kpixels/sec
491
4.40 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion419
3.75 Kpixels/sec
753
24.1 Words/sec		Speech Recognition685
21.9 Words/sec
404
15.6 images/sec		Machine Learning276
10.7 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1412Multi-Core Score2690
2148Crypto Score1436
1131Integer Score2765
1899Floating Point Score 2737
2148
3.66 GB/sec		AES-XTS1436
2.45 GB/sec
1679
8.49 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)4631
23.4 MB/sec
1649
78.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression4190
198.2 Mpixels/sec
1502
4.24 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1071
3.02 MTE/sec
262
307.7 KElements/sec		HTML53559
4.18 MElements/sec
1311
410.8 Krows/sec		SQLite3593
1.13 Mrows/sec
1337
72.6 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering3111
168.8 Mpixels/sec
941
299.9 KB/sec		Text Rendering1586
505.3 KB/sec
1235
9.62 Klines/sec		Clang3512
27.4 Klines/sec
1367
15.8 images/sec		Camera2048
23.7 images/sec
1800
2.25 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics3090
3.87 Mpairs/sec
2341
14504.8 FPS		Rigid Body Physics4449
27563.3 FPS
1797
98.8 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur2900
159.4 Mpixels/sec
1470
11.3 images/sec		Face Detection4023
31.0 images/sec
1569
38.7 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection2688
66.3 Mpixels/sec
2544
124.8 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting3621
177.6 Mpixels/sec
3641
49.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR5267
71.8 Mpixels/sec
2699
2.17 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing4270
3.43 Mpixels/sec
1400
12.5 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion2425
21.7 Kpixels/sec
1827
58.4 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1298
41.5 Words/sec
1036
40.0 images/sec		Machine Learning585
22.6 images/sec