Intel Core i5-8365U vs AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

Core i5-8365U vs Phenom II X6 1045T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8365U 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Phenom II X6 1045T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-8365U has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i5-8365U has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1045T. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1045T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8365U.

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. Indeed, the Core i5-8365U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.