AMD Athlon X4 870K vs Intel Core i3-1115G4E

Compare AMD 2 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i3 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

1400 points
1467 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2698 points
2945 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points
1088 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1006 points
1045 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1209 points
2972 points
145% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

468 points
1702 points
263% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.89 GHz
29% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
15 W
533% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
60% significantly more L2 cache
2.5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

839th of 1,089
817th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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11th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2020 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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No

Athlon X4 870K vs Core i3-1115G4E comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1115G4E performs better than the Athlon X4 870K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 870K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1115G4E. Also, the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1115G4E outputs less heat than Athlon X4 870K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Athlon X4 870K has more L2 cache than the Core i3-1115G4E

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 Athlon X4 870K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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