Intel Core i7-8650U vs AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

Core i7-8650U vs Phenom II X6 1045T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8650U is faster than the Phenom II X6 1045T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1045T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X6 1045T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-8650U that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1045T. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1045T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1045T has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Phenom II X6 1045T.

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.