Intel Core i5-3340 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

1890 points
2006 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3455 points
6% slightly better gaming score
3238 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1447 points
1624 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1389 points
1559 points
12% 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

741st 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

2013 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-3340 vs Phenom II X6 1065T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Phenom II X6 1065T is faster than the Core i5-3340. Despite this, the Core i5-3340 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Phenom II X6 1065T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-3340 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3340. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3340 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1065T.

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. For instance, the Core i5-3340 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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