Intel Core i7-920 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640

Core i7-920 vs Athlon II X4 640 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-920 performs better than the Athlon II X4 640. Despite this, the Athlon II X4 640 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-920 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 640 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-920. In terms of cache, the Core i7-920 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Athlon II X4 640

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 i7-920 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.