Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 vs AMD Phenom II X2 545

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Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Phenom II X2 545
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 AMD Phenom II X2 545

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 or AMD Phenom II X2 545 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 was released in Q2/2013.

The AMD Phenom II X2 545 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Phenom II X2 545 was released in Q2/2009.
Intel Xeon E3 (43) Family AMD Phenom II (52)
Intel Xeon E3 v3 (15) CPU group AMD Phenom II - 545 (9)
4 Generation 2
Haswell S Architecture Callisto (K10)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz). The AMD Phenom II X2 545 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz.

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Characteristic AMD Phenom II X2 545
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
3.20 GHz Frequency 3.00 GHz
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Characteristic AMD Phenom II X2 545
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics P4600 GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency --
1.20 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7.5 GPU Generation --
22 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
20 Compute units --
160 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.1 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel HD Graphics P4600 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Phenom II X2 545 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Characteristic AMD Phenom II X2 545
DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 Memory DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066
32 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache 6.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 has a TDP of 84 W, that of the AMD Phenom II X2 545 is 80 W.

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Characteristic AMD Phenom II X2 545
84 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 80 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 has a 8.00 MB cache, while the AMD Phenom II X2 545 cache has a total of 6.00 MB.

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Characteristic AMD Phenom II X2 545
22 nm Technology 45 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE3, SSE4a
LGA 1150 Socket AM3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2013 Release date Q2/2009
205 $ Release price 65 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
872 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
398 (46%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3186 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
723 (23%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
5341 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1931 (36%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
140 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
79 (56%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
520 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
152 (29%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1108 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3324 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
Intel HD Graphics P4600 @ 1.20 GHz
384 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
707.1 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 AMD Phenom II X2 545
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