Intel Core i7-8565U vs AMD Phenom II X6 1065T

Core i7-8565U vs Phenom II X6 1065T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8565U is faster 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1065T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8565U. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1065T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8565U. Despite this, the Core i7-8565U 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 i7-8565U. In terms of cache, the Phenom II X6 1065T 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 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 i7-8565U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.