Intel Core i5-7500T vs AMD Phenom II X4 965

Core i5-7500T vs Phenom II X4 965 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-7500T performs better than the Phenom II X4 965. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 965 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 965 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7500T. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 965 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-7500T. 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 i5-7500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.