Intel Core i7-920 vs AMD Phenom II X4 B50

Core i7-920 vs Phenom II X4 B50 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X4 B50 performs better than the Core i7-920. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-920 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-920 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X4 B50 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 Phenom II X4 B50

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.