Intel Core i7-3630QM vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Core i7-3630QM vs Phenom II X4 955 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X4 955 performs better than the Core i7-3630QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3630QM in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3630QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 955 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3630QM.

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 i7-3630QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.