Intel Xeon X5450 vs AMD FX-870K

Xeon X5450 vs FX-870K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon X5450 beats the FX-870K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-870K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon X5450 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the FX-870K has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-870K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5450. In terms of cache, the Xeon X5450 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the FX-870K

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 X5450 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.