Intel Core i5-2320 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965

Core i5-2320 vs Phenom II X4 965 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2320 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and 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 i5-2320.

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. For instance, the Core i5-2320 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.