Intel Core i5-2500 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

Core i5-2500 vs Phenom II X6 1045T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2500 performs better than the Phenom II X6 1045T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1045T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1045T has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2500. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1045T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-2500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1045T.

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 i5-2500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.