AMD A6-3670 vs AMD FX-870K

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs AMD 2 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

1411 points
1430 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2611 points
2728 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1076 points
1078 points
0.19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1032 points
1035 points
0.29% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

834th of 1,089
830th of 1,089

A6-3670 vs FX-870K comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-870K beats the A6-3670 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A6-3670 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A6-3670 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the FX-870K that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the A6-3670 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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