Intel Core i7-4712MQ vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Core i7-4712MQ vs Phenom II X4 955 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4712MQ beats the Phenom II X4 955 in overall performance. Despite this, the Phenom II X4 955 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4712MQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X4 955 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. The info from our database shows that the Phenom II X4 955 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4712MQ

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-4712MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.