Intel Core i3-4130 vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Core i3-4130 vs Athlon X4 860K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Athlon X4 860K is faster than the Core i3-4130. Despite this, the Core i3-4130 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 Core i3-4130. A Core i3-4130 CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 860K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Athlon X4 860K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-4130

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 i3-4130 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.