AMD Athlon II X4 635 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K

Athlon II X4 635 vs Athlon X4 870K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 870K performs better than the Athlon II X4 635. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X4 635 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X4 635 has significantly more cores than the Athlon X4 870K. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 635 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Athlon X4 870K. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon II X4 635. In terms of cache, the Athlon X4 870K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Athlon II X4 635

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. For instance, the Athlon II X4 635 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.