Intel Core i7-8650U vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Core i7-8650U vs Phenom II X4 955 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8650U beats the Phenom II X4 955 in overall performance. Despite this, the Phenom II X4 955 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-8650U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 955 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-8650U has more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 955

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 i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.