Intel Core i3-1005G1 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

Core i3-1005G1 vs Phenom II X6 1055T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Phenom II X6 1055T is faster than the Core i3-1005G1. Despite this, the Core i3-1005G1 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-1005G1 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1005G1. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1055T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1005G1. The info from our database shows that the Phenom II X6 1055T has more L2 cache than the Core i3-1005G1. The Phenom II X6 1055T 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.