Intel Core i7-3635QM vs AMD Phenom II X4 945

Core i7-3635QM vs Phenom II X4 945 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Phenom II X4 945 is faster than the Core i7-3635QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3635QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3635QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 945 has a slightly 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.