AMD Phenom II X6 1055T vs Intel Xeon E3-1225 V2

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel 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

1888 points

1956 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3068 points

3586 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1525 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

1496 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1464 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

1436 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

22.83 points

33.16 points

45% significantly higher Blender score

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

3.19 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

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760th of 1,115

743rd of 1,115

Phenom II X6 1055T vs Xeon E3-1225 V2 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1225 V2 beats the Phenom II X6 1055T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1055T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more cores than the Xeon E3-1225 V2. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1055T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1225 V2. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1225 V2. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1225 V2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1055T. In terms of cache, the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E3-1225 V2. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1225 V2 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Phenom II X6 1055T.

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 Phenom II X6 1055T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.