Intel Core i5-3550S vs Intel Xeon W3520

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 W3520

Price

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$ 149.95

$ 80.00 significantly less expensive

$ 229.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1279 points

1318 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2353 points

2412 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

976 points

1009 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

937 points

969 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2383 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1924 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

708 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

482 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1747 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1438 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

619 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

416 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 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

2.66 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

26% slightly higher turbo speed

2.93 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

100% significantly lower TDP

130 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

33% slightly more supported memory

24 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

876th of 1,089

865th 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 i5-3550S vs Xeon W3520 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon W3520 performs better than the Core i5-3550S. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3550S 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 i5-3550S has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon W3520. Also, the Core i5-3550S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3550S CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W3520 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-3550S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.