Intel Core i5-3550 vs Intel Xeon E5-520

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-520

Price

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$ 298.95

$ 24.60

$ 274.35 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2119 points

26% slightly better overall score

1676 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3894 points

56% significantly better gaming score

2485 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1620 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

1418 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1555 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

1363 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.36 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

21.48 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1939 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1691 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

644 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

385 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1924 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1430 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

645 points

78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

362 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

45% significantly higher clock speed

2.26 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

46% significantly higher turbo speed

2.53 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W

3% slightly lower TDP

80 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

144 GiB

350% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

702nd of 1,089

780th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2009 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-3550 vs Xeon E5-520 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3550 beats the Xeon E5-520 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-520 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3550 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-520. Also, the Core i5-3550 has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3550 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-520 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-3550 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.