Intel Core i7-7600U vs AMD Phenom II X6 1065T

Core i7-7600U vs Phenom II X6 1065T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X6 1065T beats the Core i7-7600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7600U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X6 1065T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-7600U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7600U. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1065T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7600U.

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 i7-7600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.