Intel Core i5-2400 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Athlon X4 4 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

1911 points
22% slightly better overall score
1565 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3500 points
19% slightly better gaming score
2930 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1462 points
23% slightly better multitasking score
1186 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1403 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
1136 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1606 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1542 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

551 points
621 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
3.5 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
3.8 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
65 W
46% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

737th of 1,089
792nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Athlon X4

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-2400 vs Athlon X4 950 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2400 beats the Athlon X4 950 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 950 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2400. Also, the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Athlon X4 950 outputs less heat than Core i5-2400 thanks to a 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. For instance, the Core i5-2400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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