Intel Xeon E5-1603 v3 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

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

1888 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3374 points

9% slightly better gaming score

3068 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1406 points

1525 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1350 points

1464 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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29.86 points

30% slightly higher Blender score

22.83 points

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Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

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49% significantly more threads

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753rd of 1,089

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Xeon E5-1603 v3 vs Phenom II X6 1055T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X6 1055T beats the Xeon E5-1603 v3 in overall performance. 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 1055T has significantly more cores than the Xeon E5-1603 v3. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1055T 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Xeon E5-1603 v3 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.