Intel Core i7-860 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Phenom II X4 955

Price

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$ 54.25

$ 4.76 slightly less expensive

$ 59.01

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1632 points

1654 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2607 points

3032 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1342 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

1265 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1289 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

1214 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.74 points

62% significantly higher Blender score

18.93 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3.7 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

783rd of 1,089

781st of 1,089

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-860 vs Phenom II X4 955 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Phenom II X4 955 is faster than the Core i7-860. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

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 Phenom II X4 955 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.