Intel Core i7-3635QM vs AMD Athlon II X4 635

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1425 points
3% slightly better overall score
1373 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2141 points
2505 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1221 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
1054 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1185 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
1011 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2446 points
115% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1135 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

636 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
350 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1792 points
109% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
854 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

533 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
292 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
2.9 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

851st of 1,118
869th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-3635QM vs Athlon II X4 635 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3635QM beats the Athlon II X4 635 in overall performance. Despite this, the Athlon II X4 635 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3635QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 635 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3635QM.

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 i7-3635QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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