Xeon E5-2640 v3 vs Athlon X4 950 benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2640 v3 performs better than the Athlon X4 950. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 950 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2640 v3 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Athlon X4 950 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon X4 950. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640 v3. Also, the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Athlon X4 950 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2640 v3 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2640 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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