Intel Core i3-4170 vs AMD FX-870K

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

1489 points

4% slightly better overall score

1430 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2858 points

4% slightly better gaming score

2728 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1121 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

1078 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1076 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

1035 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

811th of 1,089

830th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-4170 vs FX-870K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4170 performs better than the FX-870K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-870K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4170 has a slightly higher clock speed than the FX-870K.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-4170 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.