Intel Core i3-2130 vs AMD FX-9830P

Core i3-2130 vs FX-9830P comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-2130 beats the FX-9830P in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9830P in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the FX-9830P has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-2130 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-2130 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-9830P.

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 Core i3-2130 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.