Intel Xeon X5550 vs Intel Xeon E5640

What is the difference between Intel Xeon X5550 and Intel Xeon E5640. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

496Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score431
2426Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2031
2964PassMark CPU Mark Rating4018
1313PassMark Single Thread Rating1204

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon X5550ProcessorIntel Xeon E5640
2670 MHzFrequency2670 MHz
3060 MHzMaximum Frequency2930 MHz
4Cores4
8Threads8
95 WTDP80 W
GainestownCodename
Socket 1366 LGAPackage

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

495Single-Core Score425
3496Multi-Core Score1478
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
MacPro5,1ModelHewlett-Packard HP Z600 Workstation
MacPro5,1Model ID
Apple Inc. Mac-F221BEC8MotherboardHewlett-Packard 0B54h
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon X5550NameIntel Xeon E5640
2 Processors, 8 Cores, 16 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
2.66 GHzBase Frequency2.67 GHz
Maximum Frequency2926 MHz
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
CodenameWestmere-EP
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 2
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 2
256 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 2
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

32.00 GBSize16.00 GB
Frequency532 MHz
1066 MT/sTransfer Rate
DDR3TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

495Single-Core Score425
56Crypto Score452
501Integer Score423
556Floating Point Score 425
56
97.3 MB/sec
AES-XTS452
788.6 MB/sec
597
3.02 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)638
3.23 MB/sec
542
25.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression450
21.3 Mpixels/sec
501
1.41 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)444
1.25 MTE/sec
428
502.5 KElements/sec
HTML5342
401.7 KElements/sec
484
151.5 Krows/sec
SQLite400
125.4 Krows/sec
508
27.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering431
23.4 Mpixels/sec
441
140.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering378
120.6 KB/sec
501
3.90 Klines/sec
Clang436
3.40 Klines/sec
532
6.16 images/sec
Camera347
4.02 images/sec
433
541.6 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics356
444.8 Kpairs/sec
738
4574.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics447
2767.8 FPS
484
26.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur385
21.2 Mpixels/sec
586
4.51 images/sec
Face Detection487
3.75 images/sec
563
13.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection469
11.6 Mpixels/sec
949
46.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting598
29.4 Mpixels/sec
982
13.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR775
10.6 Mpixels/sec
589
473.2 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing473
379.6 Kpixels/sec
421
3.77 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion277
2.48 Kpixels/sec
522
16.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition519
16.6 Words/sec
256
9.89 images/sec
Machine Learning184
7.12 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3496Multi-Core Score1478
390Crypto Score1104
3416Integer Score1483
4186Floating Point Score 1529
390
681.0 MB/sec
AES-XTS1104
1.88 GB/sec
4198
21.2 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2046
10.3 MB/sec
4322
204.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1952
92.3 Mpixels/sec
3131
8.83 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1042
2.94 MTE/sec
2901
3.41 MElements/sec
HTML51494
1.75 MElements/sec
3468
1.09 Mrows/sec
SQLite1568
491.1 Krows/sec
2653
144.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1616
87.7 Mpixels/sec
3153
1004.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering1113
354.6 KB/sec
3974
31.0 Klines/sec
Clang1631
12.7 Klines/sec
3336
38.7 images/sec
Camera1216
14.1 images/sec
3298
4.13 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1349
1.69 Mpairs/sec
6575
40737.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1786
11062.8 FPS
3678
202.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1448
79.6 Mpixels/sec
4909
37.8 images/sec
Face Detection1770
13.6 images/sec
4585
113.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1701
41.9 Mpixels/sec
5963
292.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2022
99.2 Mpixels/sec
7836
106.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR2821
38.4 Mpixels/sec
5432
4.36 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1959
1.57 Mpixels/sec
3040
27.2 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1064
9.54 Kpixels/sec
3203
102.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1407
45.0 Words/sec
1560
60.3 images/sec
Machine Learning606
23.4 images/sec