Intel Core i3-1005G1 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs AMD Athlon X4 4 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

1557 points
1565 points
0.51% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3091 points
5% slightly better gaming score
2930 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1157 points
1186 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1109 points
1136 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2396 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1542 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1289 points
107% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
621 points

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

1.2 GHz
3.5 GHz
191% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
3.8 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
2 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

798th of 1,089
792nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3
Athlon X4

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 August
2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-1005G1 vs Athlon X4 950 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1005G1 performs better than the Athlon X4 950. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 950 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Athlon X4 950 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-1005G1 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 950 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1005G1. Also, the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-1005G1 CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 950 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Athlon X4 950 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-1005G1

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 Core i3-1005G1 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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