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

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

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X6 1055T beats the Core i7-3612QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3612QM in all gaming tests too.

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.