Intel Core i3-1115G4 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs AMD 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1829 points
3% slightly better overall score
1773 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3698 points
13% slightly better gaming score
3249 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1348 points
1356 points
0.59% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1293 points
1300 points
0.54% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

29.31 points
76% significantly higher Blender score
16.61 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.00 GHz
3.4 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
Identical
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

755th of 1,089
762nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i3
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-1115G4 vs Phenom II X4 965 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1115G4 beats the Phenom II X4 965 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 965 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Phenom II X4 965 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-1115G4 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 965 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1115G4. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-1115G4 has more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 965. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i3-1115G4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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