Intel Core i7-3635QM vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T

Core i7-3635QM vs Phenom II X4 960T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X4 960T performs better than the Core i7-3635QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3635QM in all gaming tests too.

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 Phenom II X4 960T 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.