Intel Core i7-8565U vs AMD Phenom II X6 1100T

Core i7-8565U vs Phenom II X6 1100T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X6 1100T beats the Core i7-8565U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-8565U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1100T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8565U. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1100T 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 1100T. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1100T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8565U. In terms of cache, the Phenom II X6 1100T 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 1100T.

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.