Intel Core i3-7020U vs AMD FX-4100

Core i3-7020U vs FX-4100 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-4100 beats the Core i3-7020U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7020U 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 FX-4100 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-7020U. A Core i3-7020U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-4100 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 i3-7020U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.