Intel Core i7-3612QM vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

Core i7-3612QM vs Phenom II X6 1055T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3612QM beats the Phenom II X6 1055T in overall performance. Despite this, the Phenom II X6 1055T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-3612QM that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-3612QM has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1055T. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1055T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM.

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.