Intel Core i7-3635QM vs AMD Athlon X4 760K

Core i7-3635QM vs Athlon X4 760K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3635QM beats the Athlon X4 760K in overall performance. Despite this, the Athlon X4 760K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3635QM has significantly more cores than the Athlon X4 760K. Indeed, the Core i7-3635QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Athlon X4 760K. It also has more threads than the Athlon X4 760K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 760K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3635QM.

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