Intel Core i3-1005G1 vs AMD Phenom II X4 945

Core i3-1005G1 vs Phenom II X4 945 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1005G1 beats the Phenom II X4 945 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 945 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X4 945 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1005G1. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 945 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-1005G1. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X4 945 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1005G1. The info from our database shows that the Phenom II X4 945 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-1005G1. The Phenom II X4 945 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Core i3-1005G1 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.