Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

Core i7-4720HQ vs Phenom II X6 1045T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X6 1045T performs better than the Core i7-4720HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4720HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Phenom II X6 1045T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-4720HQ has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1045T. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X6 1045T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4720HQ. The info from our database shows that the Phenom II X6 1045T has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4720HQ. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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