Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 vs AMD Athlon II X3 460

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Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon II X3 460
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 AMD Athlon II X3 460

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 or AMD Athlon II X3 460 - 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 E3-1245 v3 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 was released in Q2/2013.

The AMD Athlon II X3 460 has 3 cores with 3 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X3 460 was released in Q2/2011.
Intel Xeon E3 (43) Family AMD Athlon II (52)
Intel Xeon E3 v3 (15) CPU group AMD Athlon II X3 (Rana) (12)
4 Generation 1
Haswell S Architecture Rana
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 is 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz) while the AMD Athlon II X3 460 has 3 CPU cores and 3 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X3 460 is at 3.40 GHz.

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 460
4 Cores 3
8 Threads 3
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz Frequency 3.40 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.80 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 E3-1245 v3 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 460
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 or AMD Athlon II X3 460 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

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 E3-1245 v3 can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The AMD Athlon II X3 460 supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 460
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR3-1333
32 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.50 MB
8.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 is 84 W, while the AMD Athlon II X3 460 has a TDP of 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 460
84 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 95 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 is manufactured in 22 nm and has 8.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon II X3 460 is manufactured in 45 nm and has a 1.50 MB cache.

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X3 460
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 MMX, 3DNow!, 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 Q2/2011
265 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 (42%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 (29%)

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 E3-1245 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1012 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
426 (42%)

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 E3-1245 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
3785 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
1108 (29%)

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 E3-1245 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
7045 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
1960 (28%)

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 E3-1245 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1217 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 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 E3-1245 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
4027 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 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 E3-1245 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3
Intel HD Graphics P4600 @ 1.20 GHz
384 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1929 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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 E3-1245 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
151 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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 E3-1245 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
731 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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