Intel Core i3-4010U vs AMD FX-9800P

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

709 points

763 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1422 points

1432 points

0.70% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

524 points

581 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

503 points

559 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.63 points

17.61 points

39% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1076 points

1113 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

511 points

514 points

0.59% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1063 points

1121 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

522 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

495 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz

2.7 GHz

58% significantly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,033rd of 1,096

1,021st of 1,096

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-4010U vs FX-9800P specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4010U performs better than the FX-9800P. Despite this, the FX-9800P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-9800P has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-4010U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-9800P has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4010U.

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 i3-4010U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.