Intel Core i3-7100 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Core i3-7100 vs Phenom II X4 955 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-7100 performs better than the Phenom II X4 955. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 955 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X4 955 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-7100 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-7100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X4 955. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 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 i3-7100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.