Intel Core i7-2820QM vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

Core i7-2820QM vs Phenom II X6 1055T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X6 1055T performs better than the Core i7-2820QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2820QM in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-2820QM has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-2820QM has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1055T. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1055T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2820QM.

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 i7-2820QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.