Intel Core i5-2400 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1065T

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD 6 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

1911 points
2006 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3500 points
8% slightly better gaming score
3238 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1462 points
1624 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1403 points
1559 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

737th of 1,089
714th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-2400 vs Phenom II X6 1065T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X6 1065T performs better than the Core i5-2400. Despite this, the Core i5-2400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X6 1065T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-2400 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2400. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1065T.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-2400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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