Intel Core i3-4340 vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Core i3-4340 vs Athlon X4 860K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4340 performs better than the Athlon X4 860K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 860K 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 Athlon X4 860K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-4340. A Core i3-4340 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.

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 i3-4340 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.