Intel Core i7-7660U vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T

Core i7-7660U vs Phenom II X4 960T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X4 960T performs better than the Core i7-7660U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7660U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X4 960T has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-7660U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 960T 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.