Intel Core i7-970 vs Intel Xeon X5660

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-970 and Intel Xeon X5660. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Core i7-970
Intel Core i7-970
Intel Xeon X5660
Intel Xeon X5660

Performance (Benchmarks)

580Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score537
3238Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2963
6747PassMark CPU Mark Rating6210
1498PassMark Single Thread Rating1392

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-970ProcessorIntel Xeon X5660
3200 MHzFrequency2800 MHz
3460 MHzMaximum Frequency3200 MHz
6Cores6
12Threads12
130 WTDP95 W
GulftownCodenameWestmere-EP
FCLGA1366PackageSocket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

580Single-Core Score538
2690Multi-Core Score2726
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Windows 10 (64-bit)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa 5.4.0-66-generic x86_64
OEM OEMModelIntel Thurley
EVGA X58 SLI FTW3MotherboardKoloe X58

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-970NameIntel Xeon X5660
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
3.19 GHzBase Frequency2.68 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 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

12.00 GBSize11.69 GB
530 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

580Single-Core Score538
562Crypto Score490
578Integer Score536
587Floating Point Score 549
562
980.4 MB/sec		AES-XTS490
854.9 MB/sec
726
3.67 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)695
3.52 MB/sec
676
32.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression553
26.2 Mpixels/sec
560
1.58 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)572
1.61 MTE/sec
573
673.4 KElements/sec		HTML5538
632.1 KElements/sec
547
171.4 Krows/sec		SQLite517
162.0 Krows/sec
588
31.9 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering522
28.3 Mpixels/sec
490
156.3 KB/sec		Text Rendering429
136.6 KB/sec
556
4.34 Klines/sec		Clang539
4.20 Klines/sec
524
6.07 images/sec		Camera497
5.76 images/sec
495
619.6 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics488
611.0 Kpairs/sec
618
3831.2 FPS		Rigid Body Physics627
3887.0 FPS
455
25.0 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur453
24.9 Mpixels/sec
624
4.81 images/sec		Face Detection491
3.78 images/sec
631
15.5 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection564
13.9 Mpixels/sec
984
48.3 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting982
48.2 Mpixels/sec
1030
14.0 Mpixels/sec		HDR952
13.0 Mpixels/sec
649
521.2 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing632
507.5 Kpixels/sec
419
3.75 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion373
3.34 Kpixels/sec
685
21.9 Words/sec		Speech Recognition666
21.3 Words/sec
276
10.7 images/sec		Machine Learning242
9.33 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2690Multi-Core Score2726
1436Crypto Score1345
2765Integer Score2730
2737Floating Point Score 2947
1436
2.45 GB/sec		AES-XTS1345
2.29 GB/sec
4631
23.4 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)4582
23.2 MB/sec
4190
198.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression3226
152.6 Mpixels/sec
1071
3.02 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1074
3.03 MTE/sec
3559
4.18 MElements/sec		HTML53512
4.12 MElements/sec
3593
1.13 Mrows/sec		SQLite3464
1.09 Mrows/sec
3111
168.8 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering2877
156.1 Mpixels/sec
1586
505.3 KB/sec		Text Rendering1622
516.9 KB/sec
3512
27.4 Klines/sec		Clang3790
29.5 Klines/sec
2048
23.7 images/sec		Camera2464
28.6 images/sec
3090
3.87 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics3161
3.95 Mpairs/sec
4449
27563.3 FPS		Rigid Body Physics4761
29498.4 FPS
2900
159.4 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur2851
156.7 Mpixels/sec
4023
31.0 images/sec		Face Detection3340
25.7 images/sec
2688
66.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection3303
81.4 Mpixels/sec
3621
177.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting4155
203.8 Mpixels/sec
5267
71.8 Mpixels/sec		HDR5519
75.2 Mpixels/sec
4270
3.43 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing4416
3.55 Mpixels/sec
2425
21.7 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion2459
22.0 Kpixels/sec
1298
41.5 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1728
55.2 Words/sec
585
22.6 images/sec		Machine Learning715
27.6 images/sec