Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs AMD Phenom II X4 965

Core i7-4720HQ vs Phenom II X4 965 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4720HQ is faster than the Phenom II X4 965. Despite this, the Phenom II X4 965 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X4 965 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4720HQ. In terms of cache, the Phenom II X4 965 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4720HQ. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.