Xeon E5-2609 v3 vs Phenom II X4 955 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2609 v3 beats the Phenom II X4 955 in overall performance. Despite this, the Phenom II X4 955 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2609 v3 has significantly more cores than the Phenom II X4 955. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2609 v3 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Phenom II X4 955. It also has more threads than the Phenom II X4 955. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X4 955 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2609 v3.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Xeon E5-2609 v3 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.
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