Intel Xeon E5-1620 vs Intel Xeon X5660

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E5-1620 and Intel Xeon X5660. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

732Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score537
3080Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2963
5867PassMark CPU Mark Rating6210
1776PassMark Single Thread Rating1392
31803DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E5-1620ProcessorIntel Xeon X5660
3600 MHzFrequency2800 MHz
3800 MHzMaximum Frequency3200 MHz
4Cores6
8Threads12
130 WTDP95 W
Sandy Bridge-EPCodenameWestmere-EP
Socket 2011 LGAPackageSocket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

741Single-Core Score538
3119Multi-Core Score2726
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa 5.4.0-66-generic x86_64
LENOVO 060616UModelIntel Thurley
LENOVO LENOVOMotherboardKoloe X58
BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E5-1620NameIntel Xeon X5660
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
3.59 GHzBase Frequency2.68 GHz
3789 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 2011 LGAPackage
Sandy Bridge-EP/EXCodename
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
256 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 6
10.0 MB x 1L3 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

31.95 GBSize11.69 GB
797 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

741Single-Core Score538
831Crypto Score490
704Integer Score536
806Floating Point Score 549
831
1.42 GB/sec
AES-XTS490
854.9 MB/sec
864
4.37 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)695
3.52 MB/sec
753
35.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression553
26.2 Mpixels/sec
658
1.85 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)572
1.61 MTE/sec
662
777.3 KElements/sec
HTML5538
632.1 KElements/sec
661
207.2 Krows/sec
SQLite517
162.0 Krows/sec
722
39.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering522
28.3 Mpixels/sec
670
213.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering429
136.6 KB/sec
690
5.38 Klines/sec
Clang539
4.20 Klines/sec
681
7.90 images/sec
Camera497
5.76 images/sec
781
976.7 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics488
611.0 Kpairs/sec
767
4750.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics627
3887.0 FPS
705
38.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur453
24.9 Mpixels/sec
751
5.78 images/sec
Face Detection491
3.78 images/sec
772
19.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection564
13.9 Mpixels/sec
1231
60.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting982
48.2 Mpixels/sec
1353
18.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR952
13.0 Mpixels/sec
843
676.9 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing632
507.5 Kpixels/sec
529
4.74 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion373
3.34 Kpixels/sec
899
28.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition666
21.3 Words/sec
572
22.1 images/sec
Machine Learning242
9.33 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3119Multi-Core Score2726
3461Crypto Score1345
3036Integer Score2730
3242Floating Point Score 2947
3461
5.90 GB/sec
AES-XTS1345
2.29 GB/sec
4154
21.0 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4582
23.2 MB/sec
3750
177.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3226
152.6 Mpixels/sec
2210
6.23 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1074
3.03 MTE/sec
2946
3.46 MElements/sec
HTML53512
4.12 MElements/sec
3220
1.01 Mrows/sec
SQLite3464
1.09 Mrows/sec
3433
186.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2877
156.1 Mpixels/sec
2419
770.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering1622
516.9 KB/sec
3198
24.9 Klines/sec
Clang3790
29.5 Klines/sec
2524
29.3 images/sec
Camera2464
28.6 images/sec
3510
4.39 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3161
3.95 Mpairs/sec
3979
24653.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics4761
29498.4 FPS
2728
150.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2851
156.7 Mpixels/sec
3317
25.5 images/sec
Face Detection3340
25.7 images/sec
3389
83.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection3303
81.4 Mpixels/sec
4644
227.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4155
203.8 Mpixels/sec
5925
80.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR5519
75.2 Mpixels/sec
4177
3.35 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4416
3.55 Mpixels/sec
2409
21.6 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2459
22.0 Kpixels/sec
2503
80.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1728
55.2 Words/sec
1402
54.2 images/sec
Machine Learning715
27.6 images/sec