Intel Core i7-3520M vs AMD Athlon II X4 651

Core i7-3520M vs Athlon II X4 651 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon II X4 651 performs better than the Core i7-3520M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3520M in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Athlon II X4 651 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-3520M has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 651 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3520M.

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 i7-3520M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.