Intel Xeon E3-1220 vs AMD Phenom II X4 980

Compare Intel Xeon E3 Family 4 core CPU vs AMD 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

1881 points

2% slightly better overall score

1840 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3441 points

1% slightly better gaming score

3383 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1439 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

1405 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1379 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

1349 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.68 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

22.79 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1577 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1228 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

532 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

410 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.7 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

746th of 1,089

752nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E3-1220 vs Phenom II X4 980 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1220 beats the Phenom II X4 980 in overall performance. Despite this, the Phenom II X4 980 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X4 980 has a slightly higher clock speed than 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.