Intel Xeon X5660 vs Intel Xeon X5550

What is the difference between Intel Xeon X5660 and Intel Xeon X5550. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Xeon X5660
Intel Xeon X5660
Intel Xeon X5550
Intel Xeon X5550

Performance (Benchmarks)

537Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score496
2963Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2426
6210PassMark CPU Mark Rating2964
1392PassMark Single Thread Rating1313

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon X5660ProcessorIntel Xeon X5550
2800 MHzFrequency2670 MHz
3200 MHzMaximum Frequency3060 MHz
6Cores4
12Threads8
95 WTDP95 W
Westmere-EPCodenameGainestown
Socket 1366 LGAPackageSocket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

538Single-Core Score495
2726Multi-Core Score3496
Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa 5.4.0-66-generic x86_64Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
Intel ThurleyModelMacPro5,1
Model IDMacPro5,1
Koloe X58MotherboardApple Inc. Mac-F221BEC8

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon X5660NameIntel Xeon X5550
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 ThreadsTopology2 Processors, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
2.68 GHzBase Frequency2.66 GHz
32.0 KB x 6L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 6L2 Cache256 KB x 4
12.0 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

11.69 GBSize32.00 GB
Transfer Rate1066 MT/s
TypeDDR3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

538Single-Core Score495
490Crypto Score56
536Integer Score501
549Floating Point Score 556
490
854.9 MB/sec		AES-XTS56
97.3 MB/sec
695
3.52 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)597
3.02 MB/sec
553
26.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression542
25.6 Mpixels/sec
572
1.61 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)501
1.41 MTE/sec
538
632.1 KElements/sec		HTML5428
502.5 KElements/sec
517
162.0 Krows/sec		SQLite484
151.5 Krows/sec
522
28.3 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering508
27.5 Mpixels/sec
429
136.6 KB/sec		Text Rendering441
140.4 KB/sec
539
4.20 Klines/sec		Clang501
3.90 Klines/sec
497
5.76 images/sec		Camera532
6.16 images/sec
488
611.0 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics433
541.6 Kpairs/sec
627
3887.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics738
4574.2 FPS
453
24.9 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur484
26.6 Mpixels/sec
491
3.78 images/sec		Face Detection586
4.51 images/sec
564
13.9 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection563
13.9 Mpixels/sec
982
48.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting949
46.6 Mpixels/sec
952
13.0 Mpixels/sec		HDR982
13.4 Mpixels/sec
632
507.5 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing589
473.2 Kpixels/sec
373
3.34 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion421
3.77 Kpixels/sec
666
21.3 Words/sec		Speech Recognition522
16.7 Words/sec
242
9.33 images/sec		Machine Learning256
9.89 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2726Multi-Core Score3496
1345Crypto Score390
2730Integer Score3416
2947Floating Point Score 4186
1345
2.29 GB/sec		AES-XTS390
681.0 MB/sec
4582
23.2 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)4198
21.2 MB/sec
3226
152.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression4322
204.5 Mpixels/sec
1074
3.03 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)3131
8.83 MTE/sec
3512
4.12 MElements/sec		HTML52901
3.41 MElements/sec
3464
1.09 Mrows/sec		SQLite3468
1.09 Mrows/sec
2877
156.1 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering2653
144.0 Mpixels/sec
1622
516.9 KB/sec		Text Rendering3153
1004.7 KB/sec
3790
29.5 Klines/sec		Clang3974
31.0 Klines/sec
2464
28.6 images/sec		Camera3336
38.7 images/sec
3161
3.95 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics3298
4.13 Mpairs/sec
4761
29498.4 FPS		Rigid Body Physics6575
40737.3 FPS
2851
156.7 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur3678
202.2 Mpixels/sec
3340
25.7 images/sec		Face Detection4909
37.8 images/sec
3303
81.4 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection4585
113.0 Mpixels/sec
4155
203.8 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting5963
292.5 Mpixels/sec
5519
75.2 Mpixels/sec		HDR7836
106.8 Mpixels/sec
4416
3.55 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing5432
4.36 Mpixels/sec
2459
22.0 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion3040
27.2 Kpixels/sec
1728
55.2 Words/sec		Speech Recognition3203
102.4 Words/sec
715
27.6 images/sec		Machine Learning1560
60.3 images/sec