Intel Xeon X5570 vs Intel Xeon E5-620

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2200 points
2291 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3421 points
16% slightly better gaming score
2929 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1823 points
2085 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1750 points
2031 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1741 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1482 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

480 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
366 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.93 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
2.53 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.33 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed
2.66 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
80 W
18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

3
Identical
3

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

144 GiB
288 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
0.25 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
68166% significantly more L3 cache
0.01 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

685th of 1,089
662nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 February
2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Xeon X5570 vs Xeon E5-620 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-620 is faster than the Xeon X5570. Despite this, the Xeon X5570 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Xeon E5-620 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5570 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-620. Also, the Xeon X5570 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-620 outputs less heat than Xeon X5570 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon X5570 has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-620. The Xeon X5570 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Xeon X5570 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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