Intel Core i7-3610QM vs AMD Phenom II X4 980

Core i7-3610QM vs Phenom II X4 980 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Phenom II X4 980 is faster than the Core i7-3610QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3610QM in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3610QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 980 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.