AMD FX-870K vs Intel Xeon L5520

Compare AMD 2 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

1430 points

1467 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2728 points

17% slightly better gaming score

2329 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1078 points

1208 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1035 points

1159 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

58% significantly higher clock speed

2.27 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

830th of 1,089

818th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

FX-870K vs Xeon L5520 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon L5520 is faster than the FX-870K. Despite this, the FX-870K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon L5520 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the FX-870K has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-870K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-870K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon L5520. The info from our database shows that the FX-870K has more L2 cache than the Xeon L5520

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the FX-870K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.