Intel Xeon E5-1603 v3 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

Compare Intel 4 core CPU vs AMD 6 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

1839 points

1887 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3374 points

11% slightly better gaming score

3022 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1406 points

1539 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1350 points

1476 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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29.86 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

27.64 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

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753rd of 1,089

744th of 1,089

Xeon E5-1603 v3 vs Phenom II X6 1045T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Phenom II X6 1045T is faster than the Xeon E5-1603 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-1603 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1045T has significantly more cores than the Xeon E5-1603 v3. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1045T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E5-1603 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-1603 v3.

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 E5-1603 v3 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.