Intel Core i3-4170 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Core i3-4170 vs Athlon X4 950 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Athlon X4 950 beats the Core i3-4170 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-4170 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Athlon X4 950 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-4170 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4170 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon X4 950. A Core i3-4170 CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 950 CPU because of its slightly 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 i3-4170 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.