Intel Xeon E5-1660 vs Intel Core i7-990X

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E5-1660 and Intel Core i7-990X. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

764Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score676
4545Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3733
8395PassMark CPU Mark Rating7262
1784PassMark Single Thread Rating1603
48843DMark Time Spy Physics Score4353

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E5-1660ProcessorIntel Core i7-990X
3300 MHzFrequency3470 MHz
3900 MHzMaximum Frequency3730 MHz
6Cores6
12Threads12
130 WTDP130 W
Sandy Bridge-EPCodenameGulftown
Socket 2011 LGAPackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

760Single-Core Score669
3972Multi-Core Score2104
Geekbench 5.3.2 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)Operating SystemUbuntu 20.10
Hewlett-Packard HP Z420 WorkstationModelGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G1.Sniper
Hewlett-Packard 1589MotherboardGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G1.Sniper
MIG Power SchemePower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E5-1660NameIntel Core i7-990X
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
3.29 GHzBase Frequency3.46 GHz
3.89 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 2011 LGAPackage
Sandy Bridge-EP/EXCodename
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
15.0 MB x 1L3 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

15.93 GBSize15.63 GB
797 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
4Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

760Single-Core Score669
756Crypto Score649
727Integer Score691
831Floating Point Score 623
756
1.29 GB/sec
AES-XTS649
1.11 GB/sec
845
4.28 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)811
4.10 MB/sec
799
37.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression707
33.5 Mpixels/sec
717
2.02 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)747
2.11 MTE/sec
701
823.6 KElements/sec
HTML5711
834.5 KElements/sec
675
211.6 Krows/sec
SQLite672
210.4 Krows/sec
718
39.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering696
37.8 Mpixels/sec
724
230.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering570
181.5 KB/sec
709
5.53 Klines/sec
Clang684
5.33 Klines/sec
671
7.78 images/sec
Camera651
7.54 images/sec
778
973.9 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics583
729.3 Kpairs/sec
757
4690.7 FPS
Rigid Body Physics834
5167.5 FPS
683
37.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur579
31.8 Mpixels/sec
755
5.82 images/sec
Face Detection640
4.93 images/sec
795
19.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection735
18.1 Mpixels/sec
1377
67.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1236
60.6 Mpixels/sec
1401
19.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR1306
17.8 Mpixels/sec
899
721.8 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing828
665.0 Kpixels/sec
555
4.97 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion487
4.36 Kpixels/sec
901
28.8 Words/sec
Speech Recognition378
12.1 Words/sec
620
23.9 images/sec
Machine Learning168
6.49 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3972Multi-Core Score2104
4638Crypto Score1218
3847Integer Score2158
4132Floating Point Score 2133
4638
7.91 GB/sec
AES-XTS1218
2.08 GB/sec
5061
25.6 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2517
12.7 MB/sec
4454
210.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2879
136.2 Mpixels/sec
3067
8.65 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1413
3.99 MTE/sec
3749
4.40 MElements/sec
HTML51919
2.25 MElements/sec
3697
1.16 Mrows/sec
SQLite2625
822.5 Krows/sec
4303
233.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2611
141.7 Mpixels/sec
3483
1.08 MB/sec
Text Rendering1533
488.3 KB/sec
3753
29.2 Klines/sec
Clang2878
22.4 Klines/sec
3427
39.7 images/sec
Camera1710
19.8 images/sec
2982
3.73 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3700
4.63 Mpairs/sec
4599
28492.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2508
15535.9 FPS
3813
209.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur3367
185.1 Mpixels/sec
3829
29.5 images/sec
Face Detection2512
19.3 images/sec
4763
117.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2260
55.7 Mpixels/sec
6146
301.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3008
147.6 Mpixels/sec
7718
105.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR2215
30.2 Mpixels/sec
5514
4.43 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2039
1.64 Mpixels/sec
3228
28.9 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1371
12.3 Kpixels/sec
3335
106.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1630
52.1 Words/sec
2233
86.3 images/sec
Machine Learning774
29.9 images/sec