Intel Core i7-8705G vs AMD Phenom II X6 1100T

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2382 points
4% slightly better overall score
2277 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3668 points
3688 points
0.55% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1988 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
1839 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1908 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
1764 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

61.13 points
90% significantly higher Blender score
32.04 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
33% slightly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
3.26 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
3 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

646th of 1,089
668th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-8705G vs Phenom II X6 1100T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8705G beats the Phenom II X6 1100T in overall performance. Despite this, the Phenom II X6 1100T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1100T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8705G. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1100T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8705G. Despite this, the Core i7-8705G has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1100T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1100T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8705G. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1100T has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8705G. Despite this, the Core i7-8705G has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Phenom II X6 1100T.

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 i7-8705G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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