Intel Core i7-8650U vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

Core i7-8650U vs Phenom II X6 1055T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Phenom II X6 1055T is faster than the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8650U. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1055T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1055T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1055T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. In terms of cache, the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Phenom II X6 1055T.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.