Intel Core i7-860 vs AMD Athlon II X4 635

Core i7-860 vs Athlon II X4 635 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-860 beats the Athlon II X4 635 in overall performance. Despite this, the Athlon II X4 635 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-860 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 635 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-860.

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 i7-860 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.