Intel Core i7-3612QM vs AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

Core i7-3612QM vs Phenom II X6 1045T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X6 1045T performs better than the Core i7-3612QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3612QM in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1045T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3612QM. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1045T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3612QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3612QM has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1045T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1045T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-3612QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.