AMD Phenom II X6 1065T 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

2006 points
2% slightly better overall score
1956 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3238 points
3586 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1624 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
1496 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1559 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
1436 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
49% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.19 GHz
10% 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

732nd of 1,115
743rd of 1,115

Phenom II X6 1065T vs Xeon E3-1225 V2 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X6 1065T beats the Xeon E3-1225 V2 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1225 V2 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X6 1065T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Xeon E3-1225 V2 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1225 V2. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1225 V2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1065T. In terms of cache, the Phenom II X6 1065T 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 1065T.

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 1065T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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