Intel Core i7-3630QM vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

Core i7-3630QM vs Phenom II X6 1055T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X6 1055T beats the Core i7-3630QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3630QM 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 i7-3630QM that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-3630QM 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 i7-3630QM.

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.