Intel Core i7-6560U vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

Core i7-6560U vs Phenom II X6 1055T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X6 1055T performs better than the Core i7-6560U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6560U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6560U. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1055T has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6560U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6560U. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X6 1055T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6560U.

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 i7-6560U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.