Intel Core i3-6100U vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Core i3-6100U vs Athlon X4 860K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Athlon X4 860K beats the Core i3-6100U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6100U 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 860K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-6100U. A Core i3-6100U 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.

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 i3-6100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.