Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 vs AMD Custom 0405

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 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

3224 points

4% slightly better overall score

3095 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3691 points

5138 points

39% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3095 points

24% slightly better multitasking score

2486 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3090 points

29% slightly better heavy workload score

2385 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

78.25 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

71.27 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

150% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

2.8 GHz

27% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

508th of 1,089

525th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2660 v2 vs Custom 0405 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2660 v2 is faster than the Custom 0405. Despite this, the Custom 0405 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Custom 0405 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Custom 0405. Our comparison shows that the Custom 0405 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v2.

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. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.