AMD Custom 0405 vs Intel Core i7 X 990

Custom 0405 vs Core i7 X 990 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Custom 0405 is faster than the Core i7 X 990. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 990 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7 X 990 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Custom 0405 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Custom 0405. Our comparison shows that the Core i7 X 990 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Custom 0405. In terms of cache, the Core i7 X 990 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Custom 0405

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 Custom 0405 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.