AMD Custom 0405 vs Intel Xeon X5670

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 6 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

3095 points

3118 points

0.74% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5138 points

20% slightly better gaming score

4250 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2486 points

2751 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2385 points

2664 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

71.27 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

51.81 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

2.93 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB

12 MiB

200% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

525th of 1,089

522nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Custom 0405 vs Xeon X5670 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon X5670 is faster than the Custom 0405. Despite this, the Custom 0405 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon X5670 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Custom 0405 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Custom 0405. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X5670 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Custom 0405. In terms of cache, the Custom 0405 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5670. Despite this, the Xeon X5670 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Custom 0405.

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. Indeed, the Custom 0405 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.