Intel Core i3-1115G4 vs AMD Phenom II X4 980

Core i3-1115G4 vs Phenom II X4 980 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-1115G4 is faster than the Phenom II X4 980. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 980 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Phenom II X4 980 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 980 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 980. 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.