Intel Xeon X5450 vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T

Xeon X5450 vs Phenom II X4 960T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X4 960T beats the Xeon X5450 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5450 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5450 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X4 960T. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon X5450 has significantly more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 960T

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.