Intel Core i3-1005G1 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Core i3-1005G1 vs Phenom II X4 955 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X4 955 performs better than the Core i3-1005G1. Despite this, the Core i3-1005G1 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Phenom II X4 955 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-1005G1 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X4 955 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1005G1. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 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.