Intel Core i7-1065G7 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1065T

Core i7-1065G7 vs Phenom II X6 1065T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-1065G7 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X6 1065T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-1065G7 that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-1065G7 has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1065T. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1065T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1065G7. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1065T has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-1065G7. Despite this, the Core i7-1065G7 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Phenom II X6 1065T.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-1065G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.