Intel Core i7-3612QM vs AMD Athlon II X4 640

Core i7-3612QM vs Athlon II X4 640 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3612QM performs better than the Athlon II X4 640. Despite this, the Athlon II X4 640 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3612QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 640 has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM.

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 i7-3612QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.