Intel Core i7-960 vs AMD Athlon II X4 651

Core i7-960 vs Athlon II X4 651 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-960 performs better than the Athlon II X4 651. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X4 651 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-960 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 i7-960 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.