Intel Core i7-6650U vs AMD Phenom II X6 1100T

Core i7-6650U vs Phenom II X6 1100T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X6 1100T beats the Core i7-6650U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6650U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1100T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6650U. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1100T has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6650U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6650U. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1100T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6650U.

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 i7-6650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.