Intel Core i7-2820QM vs AMD Phenom II X6 1100T

Core i7-2820QM vs Phenom II X6 1100T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2820QM performs better than the Phenom II X6 1100T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1100T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1100T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-2820QM. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1100T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-2820QM. Despite this, the Core i7-2820QM has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1100T. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1100T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2820QM.

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