Intel Core i7-3610QM vs AMD Phenom II X4 965

Core i7-3610QM vs Phenom II X4 965 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3610QM beats the Phenom II X4 965 in overall performance. Despite this, the Phenom II X4 965 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3610QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 965 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3610QM.

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 i7-3610QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.