AMD Athlon X4 860K vs AMD FX-870K

Compare AMD 2 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

1469 points

2% slightly better overall score

1430 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2762 points

1% slightly better gaming score

2728 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1113 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

1078 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1068 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

1035 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

Identical

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

815th of 1,089

830th of 1,089

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Athlon X4 860K vs FX-870K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 860K performs better than the FX-870K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-870K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 860K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-870K. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches

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