Intel Core i5-7300HQ vs AMD Phenom II X6 1065T

Core i5-7300HQ vs Phenom II X6 1065T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-7300HQ beats the Phenom II X6 1065T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1065T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Phenom II X6 1065T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-7300HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7300HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1065T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7300HQ. The info from our database shows that the Phenom II X6 1065T has more L2 cache than the Core i5-7300HQ. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i5-7300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.