Intel Core i7-3612QM vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Core i7-3612QM vs Athlon X4 950 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3612QM is faster than the Athlon X4 950. Despite this, the Athlon X4 950 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon X4 950 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3612QM. Also, the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3612QM CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 950 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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