Intel Core i7-930 vs AMD Phenom II X4 980

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD 4 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

1931 points

4% slightly better overall score

1840 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3124 points

3383 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1575 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

1405 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1512 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

1349 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

28.18 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

22.79 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1449 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1228 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

425 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

410 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3.7 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

751st of 1,125

775th of 1,125

Family

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-930 vs Phenom II X4 980 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-930 is faster than the Phenom II X4 980. Despite this, the Phenom II X4 980 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-930 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X4 980 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-930.

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 i7-930 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.