Intel Core i7-3610QM vs AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

Core i7-3610QM vs Phenom II X6 1090T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X6 1090T performs better than the Core i7-3610QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3610QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X6 1090T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-3610QM that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-3610QM has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1090T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1090T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3610QM.

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