Intel Core i5-2400S vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T

Core i5-2400S vs Phenom II X4 960T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2400S beats the Phenom II X4 960T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 960T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X4 960T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2400S.

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 i5-2400S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.