Intel Xeon E3-1220 vs AMD Athlon X4 760K

Xeon E3-1220 vs Athlon X4 760K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1220 performs better than the Athlon X4 760K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 760K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E3-1220 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Athlon X4 760K that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 760K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1220.

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 Xeon E3-1220 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.