AMD Athlon X4 860K vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Compare AMD 2 core CPU vs AMD Athlon X4 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1469 points
1565 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2762 points
2930 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1113 points
1186 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1068 points
1136 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Athlon X4 860K and the Athlon X4 950? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1128 points
1542 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

455 points
621 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
65 W
46% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

815th of 1,089
792nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

-
Athlon X4

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Athlon X4 860K vs Athlon X4 950 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 950 performs better than the Athlon X4 860K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 860K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon X4 950 has significantly more cores than the Athlon X4 860K. Indeed, the Athlon X4 950 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Athlon X4 860K. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon X4 860K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Athlon X4 950. The Athlon X4 950 outputs less heat than Athlon X4 860K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Athlon X4 860K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Athlon X4 950

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. Indeed, the Athlon X4 860K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons