Intel Core i3-4160 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K

Core i3-4160 vs Athlon X4 870K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4160 is faster than the Athlon X4 870K. 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. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4160. A Core i3-4160 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.

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 i3-4160 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.