Intel Core i3-4340 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Core i3-4340 vs Athlon X4 950 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Athlon X4 950 beats the Core i3-4340 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-4340 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 i3-4340 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4340 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Athlon X4 950. A Core i3-4340 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 i3-4340 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.