Intel Core i7-9850HL vs AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

Core i7-9850HL vs Phenom II X6 1045T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9850HL beats the Phenom II X6 1045T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1045T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-9850HL has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X6 1045T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-9850HL. The info from our database shows that the Phenom II X6 1045T has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9850HL. Despite this, the Core i7-9850HL has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Phenom II X6 1045T.

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 i7-9850HL has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.