Intel Core i3-1005G1 vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T

Core i3-1005G1 vs Phenom II X4 960T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1005G1 beats the Phenom II X4 960T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 960T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X4 960T has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1005G1. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 960T has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-1005G1. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 960T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1005G1. In terms of cache, the Phenom II X4 960T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-1005G1. The Phenom II X4 960T also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-1005G1 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.