Intel Core i7-920 vs AMD Athlon II X4 651

Core i7-920 vs Athlon II X4 651 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-920 is faster than the Athlon II X4 651. Despite this, the Athlon II X4 651 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-920 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 651 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-920. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-920 has more L2 cache than the Athlon II X4 651

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