Intel Core i7-8565U vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

Core i7-8565U vs Phenom II X6 1055T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8565U performs better than the Phenom II X6 1055T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1055T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-8565U has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-8565U has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1055T. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1055T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8565U. In terms of cache, the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8565U. Despite this, the Core i7-8565U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Phenom II X6 1055T.

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 i7-8565U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.