Intel Core i7-7660U vs AMD Athlon II X4 635

Core i7-7660U vs Athlon II X4 635 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7660U performs better than the Athlon II X4 635. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X4 635 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X4 635 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7660U. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 635 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-7660U. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 635 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7660U.

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 i7-7660U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.