Intel Core i7-4870HQ vs AMD Phenom II X6 1100T

Core i7-4870HQ vs Phenom II X6 1100T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4870HQ performs better than the Phenom II X6 1100T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1100T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X6 1100T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-4870HQ that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-4870HQ has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1100T. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X6 1100T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4870HQ.

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 i7-4870HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.