Intel Core i7-8550U vs AMD Phenom II X6 1065T

Core i7-8550U vs Phenom II X6 1065T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8550U performs better than the Phenom II X6 1065T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1065T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Phenom II X6 1065T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-8550U has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-8550U has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1065T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1065T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. The info from our database shows that the Phenom II X6 1065T has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8550U. Despite this, the Core i7-8550U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Phenom II X6 1065T.

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 i7-8550U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.