Intel Core i7-3520M vs AMD Athlon X4 750K

Core i7-3520M vs Athlon X4 750K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 750K performs better than the Core i7-3520M. Despite this, the Core i7-3520M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 750K 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.