Intel Core i3-4150 vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T

Core i3-4150 vs Phenom II X4 960T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X4 960T performs better than the Core i3-4150. Despite this, the Core i3-4150 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X4 960T has significantly more cores than the Core i3-4150. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 960T has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-4150. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4150 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X4 960T.

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 i3-4150 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.