Intel Core i7-3612QM vs AMD Phenom II X4 980

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1831 points
1840 points
0.49% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2900 points
3383 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1514 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
1405 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1454 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
1349 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.42 points
42% slightly higher Blender score
22.79 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1692 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1228 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

501 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
410 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.7 GHz
76% significantly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

765th of 1,103
763rd of 1,103

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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