Intel Xeon E5-1603 vs AMD Phenom II X4 B50

Compare Intel 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

1564 points

1% slightly better overall score

1534 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2883 points

2% slightly better gaming score

2816 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1194 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

1171 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1145 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

1124 points

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Number of physical processing units

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Number of logical processing units

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793rd of 1,089

803rd of 1,089

Xeon E5-1603 vs Phenom II X4 B50 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-1603 performs better than the Phenom II X4 B50. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 B50 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads.

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