Intel Core i3-4130 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K

Core i3-4130 vs Athlon X4 870K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4130 beats the Athlon X4 870K in overall performance. 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 i3-4130. A Core i3-4130 CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 870K 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 870K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-4130

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