Intel Core i7-990X vs Intel Xeon X5690

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-990X and Intel Xeon X5690. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

676Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score630
3733Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3595
7262PassMark CPU Mark Rating6913
1603PassMark Single Thread Rating1600
43533DMark Time Spy Physics Score4946

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-990XProcessorIntel Xeon X5690
3470 MHzFrequency3470 MHz
3730 MHzMaximum Frequency3730 MHz
6Cores6
12Threads12
130 WTDP130 W
GulftownCodenameWestmere-EP
FCLGA1366PackageSocket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

669Single-Core Score626
2104Multi-Core Score5372
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.10Operating SystemmacOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H1323)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G1.SniperModelMacPro5,1
Model IDMacPro5,1
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G1.SniperMotherboardApple Inc. Mac-F221BEC8

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-990XNameIntel Xeon X5690
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 ThreadsTopology2 Processors, 12 Cores, 24 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
3.46 GHzBase Frequency3.46 GHz
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

15.63 GBSize128.00 GB
Transfer Rate1333 MT/s
TypeDDR3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

669Single-Core Score626
649Crypto Score590
691Integer Score612
623Floating Point Score 663
649
1.11 GB/sec
AES-XTS590
1.00 GB/sec
811
4.10 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)854
4.32 MB/sec
707
33.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression634
30.0 Mpixels/sec
747
2.11 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)633
1.79 MTE/sec
711
834.5 KElements/sec
HTML5572
671.5 KElements/sec
672
210.4 Krows/sec
SQLite583
182.7 Krows/sec
696
37.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering619
33.6 Mpixels/sec
570
181.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering484
154.2 KB/sec
684
5.33 Klines/sec
Clang582
4.53 Klines/sec
651
7.54 images/sec
Camera600
6.95 images/sec
583
729.3 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics552
690.6 Kpairs/sec
834
5167.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics846
5242.1 FPS
579
31.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur506
27.8 Mpixels/sec
640
4.93 images/sec
Face Detection666
5.13 images/sec
735
18.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection642
15.8 Mpixels/sec
1236
60.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1168
57.3 Mpixels/sec
1306
17.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR1136
15.5 Mpixels/sec
828
665.0 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing719
577.4 Kpixels/sec
487
4.36 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion496
4.44 Kpixels/sec
378
12.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition794
25.4 Words/sec
168
6.49 images/sec
Machine Learning289
11.2 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2104Multi-Core Score5372
1218Crypto Score2499
2158Integer Score5417
2133Floating Point Score 5752
1218
2.08 GB/sec
AES-XTS2499
4.26 GB/sec
2517
12.7 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)10014
50.6 MB/sec
2879
136.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression7673
363.0 Mpixels/sec
1413
3.99 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2172
6.13 MTE/sec
1919
2.25 MElements/sec
HTML57099
8.34 MElements/sec
2625
822.5 Krows/sec
SQLite7600
2.38 Mrows/sec
2611
141.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4301
233.4 Mpixels/sec
1533
488.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering3037
967.6 KB/sec
2878
22.4 Klines/sec
Clang7591
59.1 Klines/sec
1710
19.8 images/sec
Camera4496
52.1 images/sec
3700
4.63 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics5518
6.90 Mpairs/sec
2508
15535.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics12621
78193.0 FPS
3367
185.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur6811
374.4 Mpixels/sec
2512
19.3 images/sec
Face Detection9021
69.5 images/sec
2260
55.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection5189
127.9 Mpixels/sec
3008
147.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting7422
364.1 Mpixels/sec
2215
30.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR9829
133.9 Mpixels/sec
2039
1.64 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing9790
7.86 Mpixels/sec
1371
12.3 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion5264
47.2 Kpixels/sec
1630
52.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2256
72.1 Words/sec
774
29.9 images/sec
Machine Learning1210
46.8 images/sec